{"product_id":"9781444336191","title":"Reading the Contemporary Irish Novel 1987 - 2007","description":"\u003ch3\u003eReading the Novel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eReading the Contemporary Irish Novel 1987 - 2007\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLiam Harte\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading the Contemporary Irish Novel 1987–2007\u003c\/i\u003e is the authoritative guide to some of the most inventive and challenging fiction to emerge from Ireland in the last 25 years. Meticulously researched, it presents detailed interpretations of novels by some of Ireland’s most eminent writers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis is the first text-focused critical survey of the Irish novel from 1987 to 2007, providing detailed readings of 11 seminal Irish novels\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA timely and much needed text in a largely uncharted critical field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides detailed interpretations of individual novels by some of the country’s most critically celebrated writers, including Sebastian Barry, Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Patrick McCabe, John McGahern, Edna O’Brien and Colm Tóibín\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvestigates the ways in which Irish novels have sought to deal with and reflect a changing Ireland\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe fruit of many years reading, teaching and research on the subject by a leading and highly respected academic in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiam Harte\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Irish and Modern Literature at the University of Manchester. He is the author or editor of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eContemporary Irish Fiction: Themes, Tropes, Theories\u003c\/i\u003e (2000; co-edited with Michael Parker), \u003ci\u003eIreland Beyond Boundaries: Mapping Irish Studies in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e (2007; co-edited with Yvonne Whelan) and \u003ci\u003eModern Irish Autobiography: Self, Nation and Society\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). His \u003ci\u003eThe Literature of the Irish in Britain: Autobiography and Memoir, 1725–2001\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) was a Book of the Year in both the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e, and appeared as a Palgrave Macmillan paperback in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 February 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781444336191\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e280\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380599287948,"sku":"9781444336191","price":90.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781444336191_494cb607-dbe9-4b4a-8894-4d544104f3c4.jpg?v=1780106383","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781444336191","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}