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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael McAteerPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 63 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.504kg ISBN: 9789004342736ISBN 10: 9004342737 Pages: 218 Publication Date: 06 April 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Available To Order ![]() We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsMichael McAteer Introduction Part One — Psychologies of Silence Michael McAteer Silence as Disturbance in W. B. Yeats’s “How Ferencz Renyi Kept Silent” Emilie Morin Theatres and Pathologies of Silence: Symbolism and Irish Drama from Maeterlinck to Beckett Heather Ingman Silence, Language, and Power in Elizabeth Bowen’s Work Aleksandra V. Jovanović Narrative, Silence, and Psychosis in John Banville’s The Book of Evidence Part Two — Ethics of Silence Willa Murphy Ritualized Silence and Secret Selves: The Seal of the Confessional in Nineteenth Century Ireland Mark McGahon Silence, Justice, and the Différend in Joyce’s Ulysses Benjamin Keatinge Silence as Testimony in Samuel Beckett and Derek Mahon Alessandra Boller Women, Violence, and Silence: Roddy Doyle’s The Woman Who Walked Into Doors Part Three — Places of Silence Márta Pellérdi Silence and Displacement in Ivan Turgenev and George Moore Anne Fogarty “The gentle thread of the little voice:” Silence, Sexuality, and Subjectivity in Kate O’Brien’s The Land of Spices Stephanie Schwerter Between Silence and Re-narration: Translating Signs of Belfast’s Urban Space Part Four — Spirits of Silence Keith Hopper “Silent, so to speak:” Flann O’Brien and the Sense of an Ending Thierry Robin Variations on Silence in Dermot Healy’s A Fool’s Errand Virginie Roche-Tiengo The Voices of the Dead and the Silence of the Living in Brian Friel’s Drama Notes on ContributorsReviews""The breadth and brio of Silence in Modern Irish Literature ensue mainly from the contributors’ mastery of their field, from its concentration and coherence, and from its selection of prestigious Irish authors across the many genres, geotemporal divisions, national affiliation, religious dominations, and philosophical discourses."" - Ruben Moi, The Arctic University of Norway, in New Hibernia Review, Vol 21.3 (2017), pp. 155-158 ""In its focus on gaps and ruptures in speech, Silence in Modern Irish Literature marks a unique and important contribution to Irish Studies, one that alters approaches to reading practices themselves by shifting the focus from what is articulated, to what remains unspoken, but which nevertheless conveys meaning."" - Bridget English, Études irlandaises, 42-2 (2017), pp. 154-156. ""Readers with an interest in modern Irish literature, modern drama, fiction and poetry; Postcolonial Studies, Gender Studies, and those interested in psychoanalytical and philosophical approaches to literature will find this a valuable and insightful collection."" - Robert Finnigan, University of Sunderland, in Estudios Irlandeses, (2018) Read the full review: https://www.estudiosirlandeses.org/reviews/silence-in-modern-irish-literature/ “As this wide-ranging and often illuminating collection ably demonstrates, there is much to be said for attending to the role of silence in modern Irish literature. [T]he collection manages not only to reflect on the role of silence in Irish writing, but also to remedy silences in Irish literary historiography.” -Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston, in International Yeats Studies,” Vol. 2, Iss. 2, pp.69-73 (2018) The breadth and brio of Silence in Modern Irish Literature ensue mainly from the contributors' mastery of their field, from its concentration and coherence, and from its selection of prestigious Irish authors across the many genres, geotemporal divisions, national affiliation, religious dominations, and philosophical discourses. - Ruben Moi, The Arctic University of Norway, in New Hibernia Review, Vol 21.3 (2017), pp. 155-158 In its focus on gaps and ruptures in speech, Silence in Modern Irish Literature marks a unique and important contribution to Irish Studies, one that alters approaches to reading practices themselves by shifting the focus from what is articulated, to what remains unspoken, but which nevertheless conveys meaning. - Bridget English, Etudes irlandaises, 42-2 (2017), pp. 154-156. Readers with an interest in modern Irish literature, modern drama, fiction and poetry; Postcolonial Studies, Gender Studies, and those interested in psychoanalytical and philosophical approaches to literature will find this a valuable and insightful collection. - Robert Finnigan, University of Sunderland, in Estudios Irlandeses, (2018) Read the full review: https://www.estudiosirlandeses.org/reviews/silence-in-modern-irish-literature/ Author InformationMichael McAteer, Ph.D. (1998), Queen’s University Belfast, is Associate Professor of English at Pázmány Péter University, Budapest. He has published extensively on Irish Literature, including Standish O’Grady, AE, Yeats (Irish Academic P, 2002); Yeats and European Drama (Cambridge UP, 2010). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |