Harte, Liam.

Reading the contemporary Irish novel, 1987-2007 / [electronic resource] Liam Harte. - 1 online resource (276 pages) - Reading the novel .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the Family Way: Roddy Doyle's Barrytown Trilogy (1987-91) -- House Arrest: John McGahern's Amongst Women (1990) -- Uncertain Terms, Unstable Sands: Colm Tóibín's The Heather Blazing (1992) -- Malignant Shame: Patrick McCabe's The Butcher Boy (1992) -- Unbearable Proximities: William Trevor's Felicia's Journey (1994) -- History's Hostages: Edna O'Brien's House of Splendid Isolation (1996) -- Selfhood Deferred: Seamus Deane's Reading in the Dark (1996) -- The Politics of Pity: Sebastian Barry's A Long Long Way (2005) -- Mourning Remains Unknown: Anne Enright's The Gathering (2007).

9781118502358 (e-book)


English fiction--Irish authors--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
English fiction--History and criticism.--21st century
Social change in literature.
Social problems in literature.


Ireland--In literature.
Northern Ireland--In literature.


Electronic books.

PR8803 / .H37 2014

823/.914099415