Contemporary Irish Republican Prison Writing: Writing and Resistance - Brossura

Whalen, L.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1349538876 ISBN 13: 9781349538874

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Riassunto

As it traces the textual history of the works of authors like Bobby Sands and Gerry Adams, this book analyses Republican resistance to disciplinary structures, demonstrating the ways in which prisoners appropriate space through discursive strategies.

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Recensione:

"An original study. In addition to using his readings of prison literature to highlight the continuing influence of a subtly conservative modernist aesthetic within the academy, Whalen also refutes elements of the poststructural theory that has represented new criticism s most widely-accepted alternative, rejecting in particular poststructuralism s pessimism concerning the possibility of human agency. Whalen s readings are superb; he deftly balances descriptions of the overall pieces he explicates, the historical and material conditions under which they were created, and the telling details on which he founds his surprisingly weighty arguments." - Margot Backus, University of Houston

L'autore:

LACHLAN WHALEN is Assistant Professor of English at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, USA.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1349538876
• ISBN 13: 9781349538874
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 264