Seamus Deane, one of Ireland's most important critics, assesses here the place of literature in "a colonial or neo-colonial culture like ours, where the naming of the territory has always been ... a politically charged act." The force of Deane's A Short History of Irish Literature derives precisely from his naming of the territory. With insight, erudition, and a razor-keen style, he locates Irish writers within the island's traumatic history. His aim is to show how literature has been inescapably allied with historical interpretation and with political allegiance.
- ISBN10 0268017239
- ISBN13 9780268017231
- Publish Date 1 January 1986
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 January 2004
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Notre Dame Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 282
- Language English