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The Battle of the Books - Two Decades of Irish Cultural Debate (Paperback)
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The Battle of the Books - Two Decades of Irish Cultural Debate (Paperback)
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Loot Price R137
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The war of words between critics and writers is no paper conflict
but affects daily life where literature and politics interact. The
twentieth-century concern is nowhere more evident than in Ireland
today where the growing 'Troubles' in Ulster gave critical debate
particular focus. In this clear-eyed survey Bill McCormack assesses
the alliances, the animosities, the factions, seeking to show the
common ground they share even as they dispute its possession. In
his analysis of individual writers, journals and larger
enterprises, McCormack raises some unexpected possibilities: Is
Conor Cruise O'Brien best understood as a Catholic mystic? Should
Field Day be seen as a depoliticising force in Irish culture? What
truly distinguishes the manoeuvres of Seamus Heaney, Terence Brown,
Edna Longley and Denis Donhgue from each other? Have critics begun
to learn from historians, or have historians begun to fight shy of
culture? Is the British "Literary Left" imperialist? Is there a
non-sectarian art? Underlying this polished and stimulating
critique is a sombre awareness of literature's contribution to
political malaise, and a call for an engagement with the real
forces that govern people's lives.
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