Book contents
- Irish Literature in Transition, 1880–1940
- Irish Literature In Transition
- Irish Literature in Transition, 1880–1940
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Series Preface
- General Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I Revisionary Foundations
- Chapter 2 The Apotheosis of the Vernacular: Language, Dialects and the Irish Revival
- Chapter 3 Origins of Modern Irish Poetry, 1880–1922
- Chapter 4 Theatrical Ireland: New Routes from the Abbey Theatre to the Gate Theatre
- Chapter 5 Recovery and the Ascendancy Novel 1880–1932
- Part II Revolutionary Forms
- Part III Major Figures in Transition
- Part IV Aftermaths and Outcomes
- Part V Frameworks in Transition
- Index
Chapter 5 - Recovery and the Ascendancy Novel 1880–1932
from Part I - Revisionary Foundations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2020
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Book contents
- Irish Literature in Transition, 1880–1940
- Irish Literature In Transition
- Irish Literature in Transition, 1880–1940
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Series Preface
- General Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I Revisionary Foundations
- Chapter 2 The Apotheosis of the Vernacular: Language, Dialects and the Irish Revival
- Chapter 3 Origins of Modern Irish Poetry, 1880–1922
- Chapter 4 Theatrical Ireland: New Routes from the Abbey Theatre to the Gate Theatre
- Chapter 5 Recovery and the Ascendancy Novel 1880–1932
- Part II Revolutionary Forms
- Part III Major Figures in Transition
- Part IV Aftermaths and Outcomes
- Part V Frameworks in Transition
- Index
Summary
Critical assessment of Ascendancy novels has undergone significant if not wholly resolved transitions in the last three decades. The reception of this tradition had long been held hostage to recycled issues of nationalism and skewed by a critical focus on realism rather than on themes of Irish modernism that cannot be fully separated from a literature of crisis and cultural transformation.
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- Irish Literature in Transition, 1880–1940 , pp. 73 - 94Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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