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Author:   Gerry Smyth
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.597kg
ISBN:  

9780745312323

ISBN 10:   0745312322
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   20 June 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Inactive
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Decolonisation and Criticism 1. The Modes of Decolonisation Nationalism and Decolonisation Liberal and Radical Decolonisation Decolonisation and Poststructuralism Decolonisation in Ireland 2. Culture, Criticism and Decolonisation Criticism and Crisis The Institution of Criticism Decolonisation and Criticism 3. Critical Encounters Neo-Classicism and Celticism Anglo-Ireland Under Pressure Irish Politics, English Culture Challenges to Cultural Nationalism Part 2: Literary Criticism in Ireland 1948-58 4. Criticism in the Thin Society 5. The Periodical The Moment of Kavanagh's Weekly Variations on the Bell The Professionals Affiliated Periodicals 6. The Scope of Literary Criticism A Note on Censorship –The University – Anthologies 7. The Book The Life and Culture in Ireland Series –Truth and Method –An Irish Tradition? Notes Bibliography Index

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'A valuable and groundbreaking book' -- Irish Literary Supplement

`A valuable and groundbreaking book' -- Irish Literary Supplement

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Gerry Smyth is a lecturer in cultural history at Liverpool John Moores University, teaching colonialism, post-colonialism and contemporary Irish fiction. He has published on Joyce, Arnold, Irish traditional music, and contemporary Irish cultural criticism.

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