Space and the Irish Cultural Imagination

Smyth, Gerry

This book reconstitutes the category of 'space' as a crucial element within contemporary cultural, literary and historical studies in Ireland. The study is based on the dual premise of an explosion of interest in the category of space in modern cultural criticism and social inquiry, and the consolidation of Irish studies as a significant scholarly field across a number of institutional and intellectual contexts. Besides a methodological/theoretical introduction and extended case studies, the book includes an auto-critical dimension which extends its interest into the fields of local history and life-writing.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2001-07-19

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333794074

DOI: 10.1057/9781403913678

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 228