
Colum McCann
The Aesthetics of Redemption
Eoin Flannery(Author)
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Published on 31. May 2011
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-7165-3049-7 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, author Eoin Flannery takes into account all of Colum McCann's literary fiction to date and considers the ways in which McCann navigates and negotiates between Ireland and the international, and between the past and the contemporary. Unlike many other Irish writers, McCann's fiction is not limited to the 'Irish experience, ' but neither is it slavishly global. He transcends the limitations of nationality by exploring the interactions of many different nationalities and cultures. In 2011, Colum McCann won the prestigious 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his novel Let the Great World Spin. McCann's Irish heritage is a valuable resource in his engagement with the disenfranchised in Irish-American, African-American, and Eastern European histories during the 20th Century. Flannery argues that McCann's writing re-imagines the possibilities of contemporary Irish fiction. The book places Irish history, Irish writing, and Irish cultural life into artistic and ethi
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Language
English
Place of publication
County Dublin
Ireland
Target group
Adult education
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7165-3049-7 (9780716530497)
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