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Laura Pelaschiar, Writing the North: The Contemporary Novel in Northern Ireland (1998)
| Bibliographical details: Laura Pelaschiar, Writing the North: The Contemporary Novel in Northern Ireland, with a preface by Renzo S. Crivelli (Trieste: Edizioni Parnoas 1998), 158pp. CONTENTS - Chaps.: ‘Heroes, Terrorists and Terror: the Political Discourse in Northern Irish Fiction [17]; Places and Self in Northern Irish Writing [69]; Urban Narrative: The City of the North [99]; Appendix, The Wounds of History [137]; A Short Sketch of Northern Irish History. References [149]. |
| Note: The work cites num. authors covered in RICORSO with unfailing sureness of touch, a firm sense of context and a good deal of close commentary. It’s small-book format is unusual in comparable criticial publications and confers on it the character of an outstanding literary handbook though clearly a critical work of real stature. [BS 2004.] |
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