Writers and Protestantism in the North of Ireland: Heirs to Adamnation?

by Barry Sloan

How did Protestantism influence the subject matter and vision of twentieth century writers from the north of Ireland? Was it a merely negative, inhibiting, backward-looking and self-defensive force within the community, as some observers have claimed? Theologically, politically and culturally, was it ever a source of creative energy and a stimulus to the literary imagination? These are some of the questions this book confronts in a new and wide ranging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716526360
• ISBN13: 9780716526360
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Irish Academic Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"