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Revised Emblems Of Erin In Novels By John Mcgahern And Colum Mccann, Shaun O’Connell Jun 2015

Revised Emblems Of Erin In Novels By John Mcgahern And Colum Mccann, Shaun O’Connell

New England Journal of Public Policy

In “Cathal’s Lake,” a 1996 story by Colum McCann, “a big [Irish] farmer with a thick chest” lives by a lake, “which in itself is a miniature countryside—ringed with chestnut trees and brambles, banked ten feet high on the northern side, with another mound of dirt on the eastern side, where frogsong can often be heard.” In By the Lake, a 2002 novel by John McGahern, an aging Irishman also lives by a lake, another enclosed space of tranquility, as is suggested in the opening lines: “The morning was clear. There was no wind on the lake. There was …


Redefining Irishness: Fragmentation Or Intercultural Exchange, Rania M Rafik Khalil Jan 2015

Redefining Irishness: Fragmentation Or Intercultural Exchange, Rania M Rafik Khalil

English Language and Literature

The traditional definition of Irishness has been overwritten by internationalization, cultural and political discourses. Globalisation today sets the ground for the redefinition of a “new Ireland” altering the ethnocultural base to the definitions of Irish national identity. Recent cultural criticism on modern Irish studies have described the Irish nation as undergoing moments of crisis and instability within a global context. This paper explores and analyzes the process by which literary dramatic works dealing with Irish national distinctiveness have been put subject to being written and re-written as the Irish nation passes through periods of instabilities and problematisations. Ireland has been …


Functional Violence In Martin Mcdonagh's The Lieutenant Of Inishmore And The Pillowman, Lindsay Shalom Jan 2015

Functional Violence In Martin Mcdonagh's The Lieutenant Of Inishmore And The Pillowman, Lindsay Shalom

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

While Martin McDonagh’s plays have engendered laughter, disgust, and fear, he might be best known as part of a long line of Irish playwrights who faced controversy due to their art. Much like Synge, Shaw, and O’Casey, McDonagh has faced criticism and even outrage due to the violence and misunderstood portrayals of the Irish in his plays. Though the violence in plays like The Pillowman and The Lieutenant of Inishmore has been labeled gratuitous, we might better understand the purpose of that violence by examining them in light of Michel Foucault’s concepts of knowledge and power. Foucault’s approaches best highlight …


Contributors, John Countryman, Rand Brandes Aug 2014

Contributors, John Countryman, Rand Brandes

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


The Rain Stick Revisited, Rand Brandes Aug 2014

The Rain Stick Revisited, Rand Brandes

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


In A Country Churchyard, Aidan Rooney Aug 2014

In A Country Churchyard, Aidan Rooney

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Goodbye, Seamus, Shannon Hipp Aug 2014

Goodbye, Seamus, Shannon Hipp

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Hardly "A Cold Heaven": Recalling Seamus Heaney, Brendan Corcoran Aug 2014

Hardly "A Cold Heaven": Recalling Seamus Heaney, Brendan Corcoran

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Across A Crowded Room, Adrian Rice Aug 2014

Across A Crowded Room, Adrian Rice

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Wake Up, Adrian Rice Aug 2014

Wake Up, Adrian Rice

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Feeling Into Words: Remembering Seamus Heaney, Geraldine Higgins Aug 2014

Feeling Into Words: Remembering Seamus Heaney, Geraldine Higgins

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Coon Island: Two Poems In Dedication, Ed Madden Aug 2014

Coon Island: Two Poems In Dedication, Ed Madden

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


1939 And The Road Beyond Coleraine: An Introductory Meditation, Thomas D. Redshaw Aug 2014

1939 And The Road Beyond Coleraine: An Introductory Meditation, Thomas D. Redshaw

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Seamus Heaney: An Appreciation, Margaret M. Harper Aug 2014

Seamus Heaney: An Appreciation, Margaret M. Harper

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Remembering Seamus Heaney, Jill Mccorkle Aug 2014

Remembering Seamus Heaney, Jill Mccorkle

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Remembering The Giver: Seamus Heaney, Richard R. Russell Aug 2014

Remembering The Giver: Seamus Heaney, Richard R. Russell

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Joint Turbary: Heaney’S “Digging” And Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin’S “A Shéamais, Déan Dom”, Cóilín Owens Aug 2014

Joint Turbary: Heaney’S “Digging” And Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin’S “A Shéamais, Déan Dom”, Cóilín Owens

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


"Amach As An Iontas," Isteach San Iontas, I Gcuimhneachán: Seamus Heaney (1939-2013), Roslyn Blyn-Ladrew Aug 2014

"Amach As An Iontas," Isteach San Iontas, I Gcuimhneachán: Seamus Heaney (1939-2013), Roslyn Blyn-Ladrew

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


"Out Of The Marvellous," Into The Marvellous, In Memoriam: Seamus Heaney (1939-2013), Roslyn Blyn-Ladrew Aug 2014

"Out Of The Marvellous," Into The Marvellous, In Memoriam: Seamus Heaney (1939-2013), Roslyn Blyn-Ladrew

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Crediting The Poet: What Seamus Heaney Means To Me, Eugene O’Brien Aug 2014

Crediting The Poet: What Seamus Heaney Means To Me, Eugene O’Brien

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Note On Heaney And Pascoli, Marco Sonzogni Aug 2014

Note On Heaney And Pascoli, Marco Sonzogni

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


A Jobber In His Shadow, Marco Sonzogni Aug 2014

A Jobber In His Shadow, Marco Sonzogni

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


North And South: A Calling, Natasha Trethewey Aug 2014

North And South: A Calling, Natasha Trethewey

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Grand, Nat Anderson Aug 2014

Grand, Nat Anderson

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Longing Eyebrows, Eamon Loingsigh Aug 2014

Longing Eyebrows, Eamon Loingsigh

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Seamus Heaney Memorial Reading College Of William And Mary, Virginia, Sept. 30, 2013, Henry Hart Aug 2014

Seamus Heaney Memorial Reading College Of William And Mary, Virginia, Sept. 30, 2013, Henry Hart

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Tuck It In, Kevin Young Aug 2014

Tuck It In, Kevin Young

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


The Music Of What Happens (In Memoriam: Seamus Heaney), Julie Henigan Aug 2014

The Music Of What Happens (In Memoriam: Seamus Heaney), Julie Henigan

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Heaney And Ellmann At Emory, Ronald Schuchard Aug 2014

Heaney And Ellmann At Emory, Ronald Schuchard

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.


To Seamus Heaney In Heaven, Iggy Mcgovern Aug 2014

To Seamus Heaney In Heaven, Iggy Mcgovern

Irish Studies South (Archived)

No abstract provided.