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Narratives of Class in New Irish and Scottish Literature: From Joyce to Kelman, Doyle, Galloway, and McNamee

By Mary M. McGlynn (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2008
ISBN
978-1-349-60282-7, 978-1-137-03876-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2455080 bytes)
Series
New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature
Edition
1
Pages
X, 236\244
Time added
2017-11-21 00:00:00
British and Irish Literature; Twentieth-Century Li

Description

This book argues that the outskirts of cities have become spaces for a new literature beyond boundaries of traditional notions of nation, class, and gender. Includes discussions of Booker Prize winners Roddy Doyle and James Kelman. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction: The Poor Mouth....Pages 1-32 “Ye’ve No to Wander”: James Kelman’s Vernacular Spaces....Pages 33-75 Barrytown Irish: Location, Language, and Class in Roddy Doyle’s Early Novels....Pages 77-130 “Make Out its Not Unnatural At All”: Janice Galloway’s Mother Tongue....Pages 131-172 Eoin McNamee’s Local Language....Pages 173-194 Afterword....Pages 195-196 Back Matter....Pages 197-236

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