1. Silence in Modern Irish Literature
- Author
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Michael McAteer and Michael McAteer
- Subjects
- English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism, Silence in literature, English literature--20th century--History and criticism
- Abstract
Silence in Modern Irish Literature is the first book to focus exclusively on the treatment of silence in modern Irish literature. It reveals the wide spectrum of meanings that silence carries in modern Irish literature: a mark of historical loss, a form of resistance to authority, a force of social oppression, a testimony to the unspeakable, an expression of desire, a style of contemplation. This volume addresses silence in psychological, ethical, topographical, spiritual and aesthetic terms in works by a range of major authors including Yeats, Joyce, Beckett, Bowen and Friel.
- Published
- 2017