Laying out the bones : death and dying in the modern Irish novel /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: English, Bridget (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
English fiction > Irish authors > History and criticism.
Death in literature.
Death > Ireland.
Roman anglais > Auteurs irlandais > Histoire et critique.
Mort dans la littérature.
Mort > Irlande.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Death
Death in literature
English fiction > Irish authors
Ireland
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Traversing the dismal fields: death and dying in modern Ireland
  • Death and narrative regeneration: James Joyce's Ulysses
  • The eve of all souls and the death of desire: Kate O'Brien's The ante-room
  • Deathbed confessions and unraveling narration: Samuel Beckett's Malone dies
  • Ritual and denial in a world stripped of illusion: John McGahern's The barracks
  • Death without resurrection and the modern wake: Anne Enright's The gathering
  • Conclusion: As you were before you rested: Death and the afterlife of the Irish wake.

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