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Contemporary Irish Republican Prison Writing

Writing and Resistance

L Whalen author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave USA

Published:9th Apr '08

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As it traces the textual history of the works of authors like Bobby Sands and Gerry Adams, this book analyses Republican resistance to disciplinary structures, demonstrating the ways in which prisoners appropriate space through discursive strategies.

"An original study. In addition to using his readings of prison literature to highlight the continuing influence of a subtly conservative modernist aesthetic within the academy, Whalen also refutes elements of the poststructural theory that has represented new criticism s most widely-accepted alternative, rejecting in particular poststructuralism s pessimism concerning the possibility of human agency. Whalen s readings are superb; he deftly balances descriptions of the overall pieces he explicates, the historical and material conditions under which they were created, and the telling details on which he founds his surprisingly weighty arguments." - Margot Backus, University of Houston

ISBN: 9781403981936

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 460g

244 pages