Early Deane

Essays on Irish Literature, Culture and Politics by Seamus Deane
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-009-63097-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Seamus Deane combined academic rigour with an expressive style that was characterised by both passion and commitment. Without losing any scholarly precision or acuity, he succeeded in engaging broader audiences in some of the key debates of his time. These included: the role of culture in creating political structures and conflict; the responsibility of artists, particularly writers, to articulate alternatives; and the need to think beyond Northern Ireland's political stalemate and imagine a New Ireland. This essential book brings together for the first time Deane's early writings and demonstrates his continuing relevance. It shows his mastery of Irish literature and the striking originality of his readings of canonical texts as well as of contemporary writers. It will delight all those already familiar with Deane's unique voice, while also engaging a fresh generation of readers who will encounter here one of the great literary stylists of the island of Ireland.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fitzpatrick, Maurice

Weitere Mitwirkende

Rea, Stephen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Origins: 1. Why Bogside?; 2. Mugwumps and reptiles; 3. The Northern minority: The Super Teagues; Part II. Intellectuals and Politics: 4. The position of the Irish intellectual; 5. The writer and the troubles; 6. An Irish intelligentsia: reflections on its desirability; 7. The artist and the troubles; Part III. An Irish Imaginary: 8. An example of tradition; 9. The longing for modernity; 10. Remembering the Irish future; 11. Anglo-Irish literature: perspectives; Part IV. What is Field Day?: 12. Field Day I; 13. Field Day II; 14. Unhappy and at home, an interview with Seamus Heaney by Seamus Deane; 15. Programme notes for Field Day; Part V. Writing the Nation: 16. Edmund Burke and the ideology of Irish liberalism; 17. Goldsmith's The Citizen of the World; 18. Synge's poetic use of language; 19. Synge's western worlds; 20. Irish politics and O'Casey's theatre; 21. Irish poetry and Irish nationalism; 22. Mo Bhealach Féin; 23. Mary Lavin; 24. 'Be assured I am inventing': The fiction of John Banville; 25. Introduction to The Diviner: The Best Stories of Brian Friel; 26. Introduction to Selected Plays of Brian Friel.

Über Autor(innen)

Fitzpatrick, Maurice
Maurice Fitzpatrick is a Marie Curie Fellow at Sciences Po Paris. He was appointed Visiting Professor of Irish Studies at the University of Tübingen in 2022/23. Previous positions include the Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies at Villanova University and visiting fellowships at University College Galway, Yale University and the University of Notre Dame. His films include The Boys of St. Columb's, Translations Revisited and John Hume in America; and he has written two books based on The Boys of St. Columb's and John Hume in America. Both titles are now in their second editions, re-published by the University of Notre Dame Press in, respectively, 2020 and 2019. John Hume in America was named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2020 by Choice, a division of the Library of America Association.