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This guide examines the critical construction of the genre of
'contemporary Scottish literature' and assesses the critical
responses to a wide range of contemporary Scottish fiction, poetry
and drama. The guide is structured thematically with each chapter
addressing a specific area of debate within the field of
contemporary Scottish Studies.
This book brings together a variety of perspectives to explore the
role of literature in the aftermath of political conflict, studying
the ways in which writers approach violent conflict and the equally
important subject of peace. Essays put insights from Peace and
Conflict Studies into dialog with the unique ways in which
literature attempts to understand the past, and to reimagine both
the present and the future, exploring concepts like truth and
reconciliation, post-traumatic memory, historical reckoning,
therapeutic storytelling, transitional justice, archival memory,
and questions about victimhood and reparation. Drawing on a range
of literary texts and addressing a variety of post-conflict
societies, this volume charts and explores the ways in which
literature attempts to depict and make sense of this new
philosophical terrain. As such, it aims to offer a self-conscious
examination of literature, and the discipline of literary studies,
considering the ability of both to interrogate and explore the
legacies of political and civil conflict around the world. The book
focuses on the experience of post-Apartheid South Africa,
post-Troubles Northern Ireland, and post-dictatorship Latin
America. The recent history of these regions, and in particular
their acute experience of ethno-religious and civil conflict, make
them highly productive contexts in which to begin examining the
role of literature in the aftermath of social trauma. Rather than a
definitive account of the subject, the collection defines a new
field for literary studies, and opens it up to scholars working in
other regional and national contexts. To this end, the book
includes essays on post-1989 Germany, post-9/11 United States, the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Sierra Leone, and narratives of
asylum seeker/refugee communities. This volume's comparative frame
draws on well-established precedents for thinking about the
cultural politics of these regions, making it a valuable resource
for scholars of
This book brings together a variety of perspectives to explore the
role of literature in the aftermath of political conflict, studying
the ways in which writers approach violent conflict and the equally
important subject of peace. Essays put insights from Peace and
Conflict Studies into dialog with the unique ways in which
literature attempts to understand the past, and to reimagine both
the present and the future, exploring concepts like truth and
reconciliation, post-traumatic memory, historical reckoning,
therapeutic storytelling, transitional justice, archival memory,
and questions about victimhood and reparation. Drawing on a range
of literary texts and addressing a variety of post-conflict
societies, this volume charts and explores the ways in which
literature attempts to depict and make sense of this new
philosophical terrain. As such, it aims to offer a self-conscious
examination of literature, and the discipline of literary studies,
considering the ability of both to interrogate and explore the
legacies of political and civil conflict around the world. The book
focuses on the experience of post-Apartheid South Africa,
post-Troubles Northern Ireland, and post-dictatorship Latin
America. The recent history of these regions, and in particular
their acute experience of ethno-religious and civil conflict, make
them highly productive contexts in which to begin examining the
role of literature in the aftermath of social trauma. Rather than a
definitive account of the subject, the collection defines a new
field for literary studies, and opens it up to scholars working in
other regional and national contexts. To this end, the book
includes essays on post-1989 Germany, post-9/11 United States, the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Sierra Leone, and narratives of
asylum seeker/refugee communities. This volume's comparative frame
draws on well-established precedents for thinking about the
cultural politics of these regions, making it a valuable resource
for scholars of Comparative Literature, Peace and Conflicts
Studies, Human Rights, Transitional Justice, and the Politics of
Literature.
Belfast, 2am, Tomb Street. A young man lies dead in an alley.
Cracked ribs, broken jaw, fractured skull. With the Celtic Tiger
purring and the Troubles in their death throes, Detective Sergeant
John O'Neill is called to investigate. Meanwhile O'Neill's partner,
DI Jack Ward, a veteran troubles detective, is receiving death
threats from an unknown source... When Sorrows Come is a brutal
expose of the criminal underworld in the new Northern Ireland, a
place where the dead are not all created equal.
This is the first book to take political devolution as an
organising context for the presentation and discussion of main
currents in contemporary Scottish poetry. The book combines
thematic chapters with in-depth analysis of key poets writing in
English, in Gaelic and in Scots, to address the central issues
raised in work that is responding to changes in the socio-economic
and political environment over recent decades: the influence of
tradition (both national and international); the question of
language; the rise of women's writing; the relationship between
poetry and politics; and the importance of place to the Scottish
imagination. The chapters demonstrate a broad range of interests,
while also offering detailed analysis of the many ways writers
broach their subject matter; including close readings of poetry by
Edwin Morgan, Kenneth White, Aonghas MacNeacail, Kathleen Jamie,
John Burnside, Robin Robertson, Mick Imlah and Don Paterson, among
others. Chapters by practicing poets and by academics deliver
senses of the current range and quality of poetry in Scotland. Key
Features *A thorough guide to contemporary Scottish poetry and
poets, making the book an ideal course text *Reflects the ways in
which the work of Scottish poets reflects a radical cultural
independence following Devolution *Provides authoritative essays by
the leading experts in the field *Includes a valuable synoptic
bibliography
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Belfast. January 2005. Acting Detective Sergeant John O'Neill
stands over the body of a dead teenager. The corpse was discovered
on the building site of a luxury development overlooking the River
Lagan. Kneecapped then killed, the body bears the hallmarks of a
punishment beating. But this is the new Northern Ireland - the
Celtic Tiger purrs, the Troubles are over, the paramilitaries are
gone. So who is the boy? Why was he killed? O'Neill quickly
realises that no one cares who the kid is - his colleagues, the
politicians, the press - making this case one of the toughest yet.
And he needs to crack this one, his first job as Principle
Investigator, or he risks ending up back in uniform. Disliked by
the Chief Inspector and with his current rank yet to be ratified,
O'Neill is in a precarious position. With acute insight, Matt
McGuire's cracking debut exposes the hidden underbelly of the new
Northern Ireland, a world of drug dealing, financial corruption and
vigilante justice.
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