Irish Culture and "The People": Populism and Its Discontents

by Seamus O'Malley

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This book argues that populism has been a shaping force in Irish literary culture. Populist moments and movements have compelled authors to reject established forms and invent new ones. Sometimes, as in the middle period of W.B. Yeats's work, populism forces a writer into impossible stances, spurring ever greater rhetorical and poetic creativity. At other times, as in the critiques of Anna Parnell or Myles na gCopaleen, authors penetrate the rhetoric...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0192858416

ISBN13:9780192858412

Release Date:December 2022

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:294 Pages

Weight:1.38 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"

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Literary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction

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