Heroic Revivals from Carlyle to Yeats 2012 Edition Contributor(s): Higgins, Geraldine (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349442313 ISBN-13: 9781349442317 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Social Science |
Dewey: 820.935 |
Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.62 lbs) 226 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |