Irish Writers and the Thirties: Art, Exile and War

Author:   Katrina Goldstone
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Volume:   99
ISBN:  

9780367634988


Pages:   220
Publication Date:   30 December 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Katrina Goldstone
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   99
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367634988


ISBN 10:   0367634988
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   30 December 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Part 1: Art and Exile, 1936–1939 Introduction 1. ""Dublin to Euston our Via Dolorosa..."" 2. ""Life was one long continuum of agitprop"" 3. ""Equality has ceased to be accorded to us, save on paper"" 4. ""Visit Leningrad and take off your hat"" Part 2: Art and War, 1936–1945 5. ""I too have heard companion voices die"" 6. ""Now when all the buildings of Europe don their sackcloth..."". Epilogue: Aftermath of the Thirties Epitaphs and Legacies: ""... And on my grave, I see no flowers from any people"""

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This is a very accessible book, written to the highest academic and research standards. The extensive bibliography and footnotes are a pathway into the forgotten literary and political output of that generation. Goldstone explores the political and literary geography of the period and leaves, as she says, the abstract theory to others. Her book is a tribute to the 'dead singers of red songs everywhere'. Despite the outrageous price, for any reader or student who is interested in the 1930s radical tradition, this book is essential; borrow it from the library if necessary. Paul O'Brien, Saothar 47, Journal of Irish Labour History, Spring 2022 Goldstone shows an enviable familiarity with the careers and connections of those involved as well as a seemingly unsurpassable command of relevant materials, whether they be primary print sources, secondary critical material or, most impressively, unpublished archival matter such as drafts, memoirs and correspondence. For gathering all this in one place and attempting to construct a narrative of it, despite some difficulties in organising such a welter of data and a large cast of characters, Katrina Goldstone is to be warmly congratulated. George O'Brien, Professor Emeritus of English at Georgetown University, Washington DC


""This is a very accessible book, written to the highest academic and research standards. The extensive bibliography and footnotes are a pathway into the forgotten literary and political output of that generation. Goldstone explores the political and literary geography of the period and leaves, as she says, the abstract theory to others. Her book is a tribute to the ‘dead singers of red songs everywhere’. Despite the outrageous price, for any reader or student who is interested in the 1930s radical tradition, this book is essential; borrow it from the library if necessary. Paul O'Brien, Saothar 47, Journal of Irish Labour History, Spring 2022 ""Katrina Goldstone’s account of the activity of Irish left-wing writers in the Thirties is something of a revelation."" George O'Brien, Professor Emeritus of English at Georgetown University, Washington DC ""Goldstone shows an enviable familiarity with the careers and connections of those involved as well as a seemingly unsurpassable command of relevant materials, whether they be primary print sources, secondary critical material or, most impressively, unpublished archival matter such as drafts, memoirs and correspondence. For gathering all this in one place and attempting to construct a narrative of it, despite some difficulties in organising such a welter of data and a large cast of characters, Katrina Goldstone is to be warmly congratulated."" George O'Brien, Professor Emeritus of English at Georgetown University, Washington DC


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Katrina Goldstone is an independent researcher and scholar who has been a regular writer and commentator for publications and radio programmess in Ireland and the UK on minorities, cultural diversity and Jewish communities.

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