Literature and the Changing Ireland
21.6 x 13.8 cm. x, 230 pp. 1982
Irish Literary Studies series (ISSN 0140-895X) volume 9
The papers in this collection were, with one exception, given at the triennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature held in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland, in 1979.
The theme of the conference was the place of literature in a changing Ireland, and to this end the speakers' papers covered various aspects of this important subject. The contributors to this volume are in the order they appear here. Declan Kiberd, Klaus Lubbers, Cathal Ó Háinle, Vivian Mercier, Suheil Bushrui, Stan Smith, D. E. S. Maxwell, Thomas Kilroy, Peter Denman, James O'Brien, and Patrick Rafroidi.
CONTENTS<br
Introduction. Peter Connolly<br
Acknowledgements<br
THE PERILS OF NOSTALGIA: A CRITIQUE OF THE REVIVAL. Declan Kiberd<br
AUTHOR AND AUDIENCE IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY. Klaus Lubbers<br
TOWARDS THE REVIVAL. SOME TRANSLATIONS OF IRISH POETRY: 1789-1897. Cathal G. Ó Háinle<br
VICTORIAN EVANGELICALISM AND THE ANGLO-IRISH LITERARY REVIVAL. Vivian Mercier<br
IMAGES OF A CHANGING IRELAND IN THE WORKS OF W.B.YEATS. Suheil Badi Bushrui<br
HISTORIANS AND MAGICIANS: IRELAND BETWEEN FANTASY AND HISTORY. Stan Smith<br
SEMANTIC SCRUPLES: A RHETORIC FOR POLITICS IN THE NORTH. D.E.S.Maxwell<br
THE IRISH WRITER: SELF AND SOCIETY, 1950-1980. Thomas Kilroy<br
RHYME IN MODERN ANGLO-IRISH POETRY. Peter Denman<br
THREE IRISH WOMEN STORY WRITERS IN THE 1970s. James O'Brien<br
CHANGE AND THE IRISH IMAGINATION. Patrick Rafroidi<br
Notes on the Contributors<br
Index