Broken Irelands: Literary Form in Post-Crash Irish Fiction

by Mary M McGlynn

Book Overview

While the national narrative coming out of Ireland since the 2008 economic crisis has been relentlessly sanguine, fiction has offered a more nuanced perspective from both well-established and emerging authors. In Broken Irelands, McGlynn examines Irish novels of the post-crash era, addressing the proliferation of writing that downplays realistic and grammatical coherence in works of fiction. Noting that these traits have the effect of diminishing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815637861
• ISBN13: 9780815637868
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"