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Rough Beasts - The Monstrous in Irish Fiction, 1800-2000 (Hardcover)
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Rough Beasts - The Monstrous in Irish Fiction, 1800-2000 (Hardcover)
Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies, 82
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Monsters and other supernatural malefactors disrupt the human world
in distinct ways: werewolves and cunning beasts challenge the
philosophical distinction between human and animal; demons offer
deceptive pacts to prey upon our delusions of mastery over the
world; capricious fairies claim dominion over the landscape and
exact disproportionate revenge for our intrusions. When a monster
appears, human history must halt until it departs. Irish history,
meanwhile, has been punctured by dramatic ruptures, such as the
Great Famine of 1845 to 1849. Monstrous imagery flourishes in these
ruptures, so it is hardly surprising that Irish literature boasts a
great many rough beasts and ravenous corpses. In this book, various
monsters from Irish literature are considered in different
historical contexts, to illustrate the role of horror and
monstrosity in Ireland's history and culture. In both English- and
Irish-language texts, from the Act of Union to the death of the
Celtic Tiger, hordes of night-creatures arise in times of crisis,
embodying chaos and absurdity. Building upon the critical framework
established in Irish Science Fiction (2014), this study looks at
the specific ways in which ghosts, malevolent magicians,
shape-shifters, cryptids and the corporeal undead oppose human
agency by 'breaking history'.
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