
Ireland in Writing
Interviews with Writers and Academics
Rodopi (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
202 pages
978-90-420-0279-1 (ISBN)
Description
As the twentieth century draws to a close, Ireland in Writing: Interviews with Writers and Academics focuses on the textual mapping of the country over the century through the creative energies and intellectual reflections of a selection of writers and educators at the tertiary level. The volume is a collection of eleven interviews held by three university teachers and a research assistant, all resident in Spain. The interviews with both male and female writers and academics, who hail from Northern Ireland and the Republic, have been conducted over the 1990s. The writers were quizzed about their own writing: how it came into being, who or what they have looked to as inspirational and how their novels, short stories, poetry and plays relate to Ireland past and present. The academics express views on their critical theories and practices, on particular areas of interest, on English and Irish in Ireland, on contemporary writing and cultural dynamics: from Friel to Telefis Eireann, passing through Field Day, the Abbey and the question of a hybrid Irish identity.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-0279-1 (9789042002791)
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Content
Foreword. WRITERS. Abstracts. JENNIFER JOHNSTON Interviewed by Rosa Gonzalez. BERNARD MacLAVERTY Interviewed by Rosa Gonzalez. JOHN McGAHERN Interviewed by Rosa Gonzalez. Frank McGUINNESS Interviewed by Jacqueline Hurtley. PAULA MEEHAN Interviewed by Ines Praga. EILEAN NI CHUILLEANAIN Interviewed by Ines Praga. GLENN PATTERSON Interviewed by Esther Aliaga. JAMES PLUNKETT Interviewed by Rosa Gonzalez. ACADEMICS. Abstracts. TERENCE BROWN Interviewed by Jacqueline Hurtley. Declan KIBERD Interviewed by Jacqueline Hurtley. EDNA LONGLEY Interviewed by Jacqueline Hurtley.