Literature, Partition and the Nation-State: Culture and Conflict in Ireland, Israel and Palestine

by Joe Cleary

Book Overview

The history of partition in the twentieth century is one steeped in controversy and violence. Literature, Partition and the Nation State offers an extended study of the social and cultural legacies of state division in Ireland and Palestine, two regions where the trauma of partition continues to shape political events to this day. Focusing on the period since the 1960s, when the original partition settlements in each region were challenged by Irish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521657326
• ISBN13: 9780521657327
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"