Writers and Protestantism in the North of Ireland heirs to adamnation?
"How did Protestantism influence the subject-matter and vision of twentieth-century writers from the north of Ireland? Was it a merely negative, inhibiting, backward-looking and self-defensive force within the community, as some observers have claimed? Theologically, politically and culturally,...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Dublin [u.a.]
Irish Acad. Press
2000
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
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| Zusammenfassung: | "How did Protestantism influence the subject-matter and vision of twentieth-century writers from the north of Ireland? Was it a merely negative, inhibiting, backward-looking and self-defensive force within the community, as some observers have claimed? Theologically, politically and culturally, was it ever a source of creative energy and a stimulus to the literary imagination? These are some of the questions this book confronts in a new and wide ranging examination of the relationship between northern Irish Protestantism and writing."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Beschreibung: | XVI, 381 S. |
| ISBN: | 0716526360 |