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Technology in Irish Literature and Culture shows how such
significant technologies-typewriters, gramophones, print, radio,
television, computers-have influenced Irish literary practices and
cultural production, while also examining how technology has been
embraced as a theme in Irish writing. Once a largely rural and
agrarian society, contemporary Ireland has embraced the
communicative, performative and consumption habits of a culture
utterly reliant on the digital. This text plumbs the origins of the
present moment, examining the longer history of literature's
interactions with the technological and exploring how the
transformative capacity of modern technology has been mediated
throughout a diverse national canon. Comprising essays from some of
the major figures of Irish literary and cultural studies, this
volume offers a wide-ranging, comprehensive account of how Irish
literature and culture have interacted with technology.
How societies use the past is one of their most revealing traits.
Using this insight "Ireland's Polemical Past" examines how the
inhabitants of nineteenth and twentieth-century Ireland plundered
their pasts for polemical reasons. The ten essays explore how
revolutionaries, politicians, churchmen, artists, tourists and
builders (among others) used the Irish past in creating and
justifying their own position in contemporary society. The result
is a varied portrait of the problems and tensions in nineteenth and
early twentieth-century society that these people tried to solve by
resorting to the Irish past for inspiration and justification to
make their world work. This is a book that will appeal to those who
have an interest in the making of modern Ireland as well as those
concerned with writing about the Irish past at any level.
This collection of essays examines core authors and texts. Written
by scholars from a range of Irish third-level institutions, these
essays provide introductions to less familiar authors and open up
critical readings of established texts.
Interest in nineteenth-century studies has never been greater, and
contrasts sharply with previous neglect of many aspects of that
century's history and culture. These essays by leading scholars
assess and interpret developments from 1990 onwards in the field of
nineteenth-century Irish studies, and from a wide range of
disciplinary perspectives. The book covers political, social,
religious and women's history and historical geography as well as
anthropological and sociological studies of nineteenth-century
Ireland. Further chapters cover nineteenth-century music, art
history, literature in English, Gaelic culture and language and the
Irish diaspora. This will be an invaluable research tool and
reference book for many years to come.
The Maamtrasna Murders provides a cultural history of the events
and subsequent impact of the renowned Maamtrasna murders from the
perspective of language change in late nineteenth-century Ireland.
Professor Kelleher takes the Maamtrasna case - one that is
notorious for its failure to provide interpretation and translation
services for monoglot Irish speakers - and examines broader
sociolinguistic issues. Uncovering archival materials not
previously consulted, this work illuminates a story that has proven
to be much richer, `messier', and a more intricate social narrative
than previous commentators have recognized. The Maamtrasna Murders
moves Maamtrasna's violation of human rights from a local to a
global stage. While the wrongful execution of monolingual Myles
Joyce would prove to be the best-known feature of the case, the
complex significance of language-use in an isolated region mirrors
the dynamics that continue to influence the fates of monolingual
and bilingual people today.
Contemporary media depictions of famine disaster display a striking
prevalence female images. The Feminization of Famine is a unique
study of the tradition of female representations in famine
literature, from nineteenth-century accounts of the Irish famine to
the present day. It examines the many novels and short stories
written about the Irish famine over the last 150 years, from the
novels of William Carleton, Anthony Trollope and Maria Edgeworth
through to the writings of Liam O'Flaherty and John Banville. These
literary works are read in the context of a rich variety of other
sources, including contemporary eyewitness accounts of the 'Great
Irish Famine', women's memoirs and journalistic writings, and
famine historiography.The recurring motifs used to depict famine
are highlighted - the prevalence of images of mother and child, the
scrutiny of women's starved bodies, efforts to express the
'inexpressible'. The author investigates the effect of famine
representations and their crucial role in shaping viewers' and
readers' interpretations of the famine.The Feminization of Famine
provides a significant critique of how famine has been represented
and suggests important parallels with the current presentation of
emergency and disaster.
Contemporary depictions of famine and disaster are dominated by
female images. "The Feminization of Famine" examines these
representations, exploring, in particular, the literature arising
from the Irish "Great Famine" of the 1840s and the Bengali famine
of the 1940s. Kelleher illuminates recurring motifs: the prevalence
of mother and child images, the scrutiny of women's starved bodies,
and the reliance on the female figure to express the largely
"inexpressible" reality of famine. Questioning what gives these
particularly feminine images their affective power and analyzing
the responses they generate, this historical critique reveals
striking parallels between these two "great" famines and current
representations of similar natural disasters and
catastrophes.
Kelleher begins with a critical reading of the novels and short
stories written about the Irish famine over the last 150 years,
from the novels of William Carleton and Anthony Trollope to the
writings of Liam O'Flaherty and John Banville. She then moves on to
unveil a lesser-known body of literature--works written by women.
This literature is read in the context of a rich variety of other
sources, including eye-witness accounts, memoirs, journalistic
accounts, and famine historiography. Concluding with a reading of
the twentieth-century accounts of the famine in Bengal, this book
reveals how gendered representations have played a crucial role in
defining notions of famine.
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