Contentious Terrains : Boglands in the Irish Postcolonial Gothic /

This book provides a political and geographical history of how boglands (or peat bogs) are represented in modern and contemporary Irish literature and culture from the 1880s to the present. Bogs are more than ubiquitous landforms in Ireland. They function as a kind of narrative that reveals some of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gladwin, Derek (Autor)
Otros Autores: Connolly, Claire (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Postcolonialism in literature.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre) > History and criticism.
Irish literature > History and criticism.
Bogs in literature.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / by Claire Connolly
  • Introduction : indeterminate boglands and the Irish postcolonial Gothic
  • 1. The protean nature of bogs
  • 2. Environments of empire
  • 3. Spectral histories of nationalism
  • 4. Mapping gothic bog bodies
  • 5. Gendered boglands
  • 6. Bog Gothic, bog noir, and eco-bog writing
  • Conclusion : uncertain futures.

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