Teaching John McGahern's the Dark
Author:   Anna Teekell ,  Ellen Scheible ,  Barry Houlihan ,  Enda Duffy
Publisher:   Syracuse University Press
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9780815611783


Pages:   98
Publication Date:   15 October 2025
Format:   Paperback
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Teaching John McGahern's the Dark


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Author:   Anna Teekell ,  Ellen Scheible ,  Barry Houlihan ,  Enda Duffy
Publisher:   Syracuse University Press
Imprint:   Syracuse University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
ISBN:  

9780815611783


ISBN 10:   0815611781
Pages:   98
Publication Date:   15 October 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Seeing in the Dark, Anna Teekell Essays 1. ""The Four-Letter Word"": Censorship and ""The Dark, ""Frank Shovlin 2. Documenting The Dark: John McGahern and the Archive, Barry Houlihan 3. A Very Special Violence: John McGahern’s Biopolitical Novel, Enda Duffy 4. Reading Trauma in The Dark, Kathleen Costello-Sullivan

Reviews

Original and very much needed, given the relevance of this novel in the Irish literary canon.-- ""Marisol Morales-Ladrón, coeditor of Deirdre Madden: New Critical Essays"" This timely new edition . . . equips educators and students to understand, discuss, and address those forms of abuse that flourish under conditions of silence.-- ""Margot Gayle Backus, coeditor of The Child Sex Scandal and Modern Irish Literature: Writing the Unspeakable""


Author Information

Anna Teekell is associate professor of English at Christopher Newport University. Ellen Scheible is professor of English and director of the honors program at Bridgewater State University.

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