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| Titre : | Spectacular Nostalgia : Modernism and Dramatic Form in Kate O'Brien's Pray for the Wanderer (2018) |
| Auteurs : | Paige REYNOLDS, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Irish University Review (Vol 48 n 1 Spring 2018) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 54-68 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
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| Résumé : | This essay draws attention to how the avant-garde undertakings of Irish Revivalism, particularly those of the dramatic movement, influenced Kate O'Brien's writing in the wake of high modernism. Published in 1938, Pray for the Wanderer espouses a nostalgia for the widespread, collective political and cultural activities that suffused Irish public life before the ascension of Éamon de Valera. It metabolizes dramatic form to showcase the limitations of the Free State, interrupting the novel's realist plot with extended monologues celebrating individualism. The novel's awkward form can be read as a considered political and ethical gesture pushing the narrative into the domain of modernist difficulty to impede and productively challenge the reader. |
| Pays de publication : | Grande-Bretagne (Royaume Uni) |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
