Heroic Revivals from Carlyle to Yeats
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Theory
| Author: | Geraldine Higgins | ISBN: | 9781137280954 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | August 16, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Geraldine Higgins |
| ISBN: | 9781137280954 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | August 16, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book reassesses the cultural and political dimensions of the Irish Revival's heroic ideal and explores its implications for the construction of Irish modernity. By foregrounding the heroic ideal, it shows how the cultural landscape carved out by these writers is far from homogenous.
This book reassesses the cultural and political dimensions of the Irish Revival's heroic ideal and explores its implications for the construction of Irish modernity. By foregrounding the heroic ideal, it shows how the cultural landscape carved out by these writers is far from homogenous.
