Archipelagic modernism : literature in the Irish and British Isles, 1890-1970 /
Examines the anglophone literatures of the archipelago from 1890 to 1970 for what they tell us about changing identities, geographies and ecologies. The book argues that these literatures constitute an important resource for how we might begin to think about alternative political geographies, and al...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2015]
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| Summary: | Examines the anglophone literatures of the archipelago from 1890 to 1970 for what they tell us about changing identities, geographies and ecologies. The book argues that these literatures constitute an important resource for how we might begin to think about alternative political geographies, and alternative practices of belonging to place and environment. From the height of the British Empire in 1890, to the increasing sense by 1970 of the imminent 'break-up' of Britain, 'archipelagic modernism' turned to the 'peripheral' spaces of islands, coastlines and the sea to re-invent the Irish and British archipelago as a plural and connective space. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 288 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-278) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0748643362 (cloth) 9780748643363 (cloth) |