Great Irish Novels of the Twenty-First Century
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
15.06.2026
Herausgeber
Sarah Joy Link + weitereVerlag
WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag TrierSeitenzahl
230
Maße (B/H)
15,5/22,5 cm
Gewicht
424 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-3-9894011-3-6
What makes a “great” Irish novel in the twenty-first century, and who gets to decide? This volume brings together leading scholars of Irish literature to explore this very question. Rather than assembling a definitive canon,
Great Irish Novels of the Twenty-First Century
takes a more revealing approach: each contributor selects a novel they consider “great,” reflecting on the critical and cultural processes that informed their choice. The result is not a ranked list, but a conversation about literary taste and value, and the evolving role of literary criticism today. Spanning internationally acclaimed authors and lesser-known voices alike, the essays illuminate how contemporary Irish fiction renegotiates enduring concerns – history and memory, family and identity, art and imagination – while engaging with the social and political realities of twenty-first-century Ireland in aesthetically rewarding ways. At once an exploration of contemporary Irish writing and a reflection on the practice of criticism itself, this volume invites readers to reconsider what it means to call a novel “great”.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ix
Sarah Joy Link and Katharina Rennhak
Introduction: What is a Great Irish Novel of the Twenty-First Century? 1
Hedwig Schwall
Anne Enright,
The Wig My Father Wore
(1995): Reconstructing the Irish Family 11
Ralf Haekel
John Banville,
The Sea
(2005): Trauma, Memory, and Identity 29
Christoph Reinfandt
Sebastian Barry,
The Secret Scripture
(2008): Fictionalized History beyond Revisionism 45
Ina Bergmann
Colum McCann,
TransAtlantic
(2013): The Green Atlantic Revis(it)ed 61
Loredana Salis
Mary Morrissy,
The Rising of Bella Casey
(2013): Of Remembering and Forgetting 77
Derek Hand
Mike McCormack,
Solar Bones
(2016): The Anxieties of the Age – Art and Economics 91
Elke D’hoker
Sara Baume,
A Line Made by Walking
(2017): An Artist Novel for the Twenty-First Century 109
Katharina Rennhak
Sally Rooney,
Conversations with Friends
(2017): A Novel for Millennials in Dublin and Beyond 127
Caroline Lusin
Colm Tóibín,
House of Names
(2017): A Re-Imagination of Greek Tragedy for the Twenty-First Century 147
Catherine Toal
Anna Burns,
Milkman
(2018): Gender Troubles 167
Sylvie Mikowski
Jan Carson,
The Fire Starters
(2019): Myth, Make-Believe, and the Unreliability of Language in the Post-Troubles Era 185
Claire Lynch
Helen Cullen,
The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually
(2020): The ‘art of precious scars’ – Making, Breaking, and Repairing the Irish Family 201
List of Contributors 215
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