Derek Hand's A History of the Irish Novel is a major work of criticism on some of the greatest and most globally recognisable writers of the novel form. Writers such as Laurence Sterne, James Joyce, Elizabeth Bowen, Samuel Beckett and John McGahern have demonstrated the extraordinary intellectual range, thematic complexity and stylistic innovation of Irish fiction.

Derek Hand provides a remarkably detailed picture of the Irish novel's emergence in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He shows the story of the genre is the story of Ireland's troubled relationship to modernisation. The first critical synthesis of the Irish novel from the seventeenth century to the present day, this is a major book for the field, and the first to thematically, theoretically and contextually chart its development. It is an essential, entertaining and highly original guide to the history of the Irish novel.

More Information
ISBN/EAN 9780521855402
Author Derek Hand
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publication date 1 Jan 2011
Format Hardback
Write Your Own Review
You're reviewing:A History of the Irish Novel

A History of the Irish Novel

The first critical synthesis of the Irish novel from the seventeenth century to the present day.

Estimated delivery in 1-5 working days
Read more about our shipping and delivery