Irish Anglican literature and drama 1st ed.

Author

• Clare, David

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2021

Language

English

ISBN

9783030683535

Series

Subject(s)

• ENGLISH LITERATURE--ANGLICAN AUTHORS
• ENGLISH LITERATURE--IRISH AUTHORS

Notes

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Abstract

This book discusses key works by important writers from Church of Ireland backgrounds (from Farquhar and Swift to Beckett and Bardwell), in order to demonstrate that writers from this Irish subculture have a unique socio-political viewpoint which is imperfectly understood. The Anglican Ascendancy was historically referred to as a “middle nation” between Ireland and Britain, and this book is an examination of the various ways in which Irish Anglican writers have signalled their Irish/British hybridity. “British” elements in their work are pointed out, but so are manifestations of their proud Irishness and what Elizabeth Bowen called her community’s “subtle … anti-Englishness.” Crucially, this book discusses several writers often excluded from the “truly” Irish canon, including (among others) Laurence Sterne, Elizabeth Griffith, and C.S. Lewis.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (x, 153 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

1. Introduction --
2. Elizabeth Griffith: Celebrating and Extending the Irish Anglican Dramatic Tradition --
3. The Portraits of the English in the Work of Dion Boucicault, Bram Stoker, and Erskine Childers --
4. Charlotte Brookes Impact on Ascendancy Women Writers from Maria Edgeworth to Lady Gregory --
5. C.S. Lewis and the Irish Literary Canon --
6. Gradations of Class Among Irish Anglicans in Leland Bardwells Girl on a Bicycle.

Exemplar(s)

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1.	00863/21	820.99415088283 Cla I	Online !	Available