Farming in modern Irish literature /

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This innovative study analyses the range of representation of farming in Irish literature in the period since independence/partition in 1922, as Ireland moved from a largely agricultural to a developed urban society. In many different forms including poetry, drama, fiction, and autobiography, writer...

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Main Author:
Grene, Nicholas
Format:
Electronic eBook
Language:
English
Published:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:
First edition.
Summary:
This innovative study analyses the range of representation of farming in Irish literature in the period since independence/partition in 1922, as Ireland moved from a largely agricultural to a developed urban society. In many different forms including poetry, drama, fiction, and autobiography, writers have made literary capital by looking back at their rural backgrounds, even where those may be a generation back.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Notes:
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Audience:
Specialized.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-260553-4
0-19-189335-8
0-19-260552-6
Subjects:
1900-2099
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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