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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108490131

ISBN-139781108490139

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Book TitleHistory of Irish Literature and the Environment

Number of Pages350 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicEuropean / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

FeaturesNew Edition

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism

AuthorMalcolm Sen

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.2 in

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LCCN2023-552961

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Decimal820.9/9415

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

Table Of ContentIntroduction: Culture, climate, capital, and contagion Malcolm Sen; 1. Landscape and literature in medieval Ireland Amy C. Mulligan; 2. The gaelic annals and climate, 431-1649 CE Francis Ludlow and Conor Kostick; 3. The environmental vocabulary of Irish folklore Bairbre Ní Fhloinn; 4. Arboreal landscapes and the construction of Ireland Anna Pilz; 5. Famine and ecology, 1750-1900 Margaret Kelleher; 6. Political ecology in nationalist literature, 1880-1922 Justin Dolan Stover; 7. Solastalgic modernism and the West in Irish literature (1900-1950) Katherine O'Callaghan; 8. The ecology of the Irish big house (1900-1950) Kelly Sullivan; 9. Refuge and domestic space in northern Irish poetry (c1940 to the present) Adam Hanna; 10. Irish travellers, the environment, and literature Mary Burke; 11. The oceanic imaginaries of modern Irish writing John Brannigan; 12. Landscape in Irish language literature: poetry and prose (1900-2000) Louis De Paor; 13. Poetry and place Eric Falci; 14. Animals and climate crisis in Irish poetry Katherine Kirkpatrick; 15. Animals and animality in Irish fiction Maureen O'Connor; 16. The political ecology of food and hunger (1950-present) Miriam Mara; 17. Built environments and lived ecologies in contemporary Irish poetry, 1998-present Julia C. Obert and Nolan Goetzinger; 18. Transnationalism and environment in contemporary Irish literature Christine Cusick; 19. Energy futures in contemporary Irish fiction Sharae Deckard; 20. An ordinary crisis: SARS CoV-2 and Irish studies Malcolm Sen.e crisis in Irish poetry Katherine Kirkpatrick; 15. Animals and animality in Irish fiction Maureen O'Connor; 16. The political ecology of food and hunger (1950-present) Miriam Mara; 17. Built environments and lived ecologies in contemporary Irish poetry, 1998-present Julia C. Obert and Nolan Goetzinger; 18. Transnationalism and environment in contemporary Irish literature Christine Cusick; 19. Energy futures in contemporary Irish fiction Sharae Deckard; 20. An ordinary crisis: SARS CoV-2 and Irish studies Malcolm Sen.

SynopsisFrom Gaelic annals and medieval poetry to contemporary Irish literature, A History of Irish Literature and the Environment examines the connections between the Irish environment and Irish literary culture. Themes such as Ireland's island ecology, the ecological history of colonial-era plantation and deforestation, the Great Famine, cultural attitudes towards animals and towards the land, the postcolonial politics of food and energy generation, and the Covid-19 pandemic - this book shows how these factors determine not only a history of the Irish environment but also provide fresh perspectives from which to understand and analyze Irish literature. An international team of contributors provides a comprehensive analysis of Irish literature to show how the literary has always been deeply engaged with environmental questions in Ireland, a crucial new perspective in an age of climate crisis. A History of Irish Literature and the Environment reveals the socio-cultural, racial, and gendered aspects embedded in questions of the Irish environment., The book provides a comprehensive survey of Irish literature and its multi-faceted environmental themes. Lucid analyses of well-known and forgotten texts contextualize Irish literature in historical, political, and ecological frameworks. It shows how the humanities can engage in discourses of environmental degradation and the climate crisis.

LC Classification NumberPR8753