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Patrick R. O'Malley explores two competing modes of political historiography that emerge within Irish literature and culture: one that eludes the unresolved wounds of Ireland's violent history; and one that locates its roots in an account of colonial and specifically sectarian bloodshed an...

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Main Author: O'Malley, Patrick R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
English literature > Irish authors > History and criticism.
English literature > Irish authors > Political aspects.
Ireland > History > In literature.
Littérature anglaise > Auteurs irlandais > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > Auteurs irlandais > Aspect politique.
Irlande > Histoire > Dans la littérature.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
English literature > Irish authors
Literature
Ireland
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Patrick R. O'Malley explores two competing modes of political historiography that emerge within Irish literature and culture: one that eludes the unresolved wounds of Ireland's violent history; and one that locates its roots in an account of colonial and specifically sectarian bloodshed and insists upon the moral necessity of naming that history.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:019250763X
9780192507631
9780191831669
0191831662