Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction A history of the Irish novel, 1665–2010
- Interchapter 1 Virtue Rewarded; or, the Irish Princess
- Chapter 1 Beginnings and endings
- Interchapter 2 Beyond history
- Chapter 2 Speak not my name; or, the wings of Minerva
- Interchapter 3 Edith Somerville and Martin Ross's The Real Charlotte
- Chapter 3 Living in a time of epic
- Interchapter 4 James Joyce's Ulysses
- Chapter 4 Irish independence and the bureaucratic imagination, 1922–39
- Interchapter 5 Elizabeth Bowen's The Last September and the art of betrayal
- Chapter 5 Enervated island – isolated Ireland? 1940–60
- Interchapter 6 John Banville's Doctor Copernicus: a revolution in the head
- Chapter 6 The struggle of making it new, 1960–79
- Interchapter 7 Seamus Deane's Reading in the Dark and the rebel act of interpretation
- Chapter 7 Brave new worlds
- Interchapter 8 John McGahern's That They May Face the Rising Sun
- Conclusion The future of the Irish novel in the global literary marketplace
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction A history of the Irish novel, 1665–2010
- Interchapter 1 Virtue Rewarded; or, the Irish Princess
- Chapter 1 Beginnings and endings
- Interchapter 2 Beyond history
- Chapter 2 Speak not my name; or, the wings of Minerva
- Interchapter 3 Edith Somerville and Martin Ross's The Real Charlotte
- Chapter 3 Living in a time of epic
- Interchapter 4 James Joyce's Ulysses
- Chapter 4 Irish independence and the bureaucratic imagination, 1922–39
- Interchapter 5 Elizabeth Bowen's The Last September and the art of betrayal
- Chapter 5 Enervated island – isolated Ireland? 1940–60
- Interchapter 6 John Banville's Doctor Copernicus: a revolution in the head
- Chapter 6 The struggle of making it new, 1960–79
- Interchapter 7 Seamus Deane's Reading in the Dark and the rebel act of interpretation
- Chapter 7 Brave new worlds
- Interchapter 8 John McGahern's That They May Face the Rising Sun
- Conclusion The future of the Irish novel in the global literary marketplace
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
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- A History of the Irish Novel , pp. 293 - 319Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011