Title Language, identity and liberation in contemporary Irish literature / Jennifer Keating-Miller

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 190 pages) Series Language, discourse, society Language, discourse, society. Contents Acknowledgements -- Preface -- A 'Habitable Grief'?: The Legacy of Cultural and Political Strife in Ireland's Contentious Language Systems -- A Republic of One: Individuality, Autonomy and the Question of Irish Collectivity in Seamus Deane's Reading in the Dark and Dermot Healy's A Goat's Song -- Writing Republicanism: A Betrayal of Entrenched Tribalism in Belfast's Own Vernacular€ -- The Misfit Chorus Line: Ireland from the Margins in Patrick McCabe's Call Me the Breeze -- Casting Cathleen: Femininity and Motherhood on the Contemporary Irish Stage -- Works Cited -- Bibliography -- Index A "habitable grief"? : the legacy of cultural and political strife in Ireland's contentious language systems -- A republic of one : individuality, autonomy and the question of Irish collectivity in Seamus Deane's Reading in the dark and Dermot Healy's A goat's song -- Writing Republicanism : a betrayal of entrenched tribalism in Belfast's own vernacular -- The misfit chorus line : Ireland from the margins in Patrick McCabe's Call me the breeze -- Casting Cathleen : femininity and motherhood on the contemporary Irish stage Summary Ireland's history of contested language systems has always been closely linked to its political realities. The rapid decline of Gaelic and the institutional use of Enlightenment English by the British colonial power contributed to the development of the contact language Irish-English in the nineteenth century that came to serve as a relic of the region's tumultuous history. While linguists like Alison Henry, Markku Filppula, John Harris and the Milroys have catalogued Ireland's various language systems and Loreto Todd has traced the influence of Gaelic, Ulster-Scots, Anglo-Irish and Standard English in representations of speech in Irish literature, literary critics have yet to attend to the social, cultural and political significance of representations of Ireland's various language systems in contemporary writing.€Language, Identity and Liberation€in Contemporary Irish Literature attends to a movement of contemporary Irish writing that considers the significance of the region's tumultuous cultural, social and political history in portrayals of contemporary Ireland's everyday life and speech "Irelands history of contested language systems has always been linked to its political realities; Language, Identity and Liberation attends to a movement of contemporary Irish writing that considers the significance of the regions tumultuous cultural, social and political history in portrayals of contemporary Irelands everyday life and speech"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-188) and index Subject English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Language and languages in literature. English language -- Ireland -- Discourse analysis English language -- Political aspects -- Ireland National characteristics, Irish, in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English language -- Discourse analysis English language -- Political aspects English literature English literature -- Irish authors Language and languages in literature Language and languages -- Political aspects Literature National characteristics, Irish, in literature Literatur Sprache Nationalbewusstsein SUBJECT Ireland -- Languages -- Political aspects Ireland -- In literature Subject Ireland Irland Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230275089 0230275087 1349314897 9781349314898

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