02027 a2200325 4500 20250526161933.0 250430042024GB eng 9781032304960 BB Taylor & Francis GBP 215.00 BB 01 eng DSBH thema NHD thema DSA thema 1DDR bisac DSBH bic HBJD1 bic DSA bic 1DBR bisac LIT000000 bisac LIT004120 bisac 820.99415 bisac Anne Fogarty 999 Routledge Companion to Twenty-First-Century Irish Writing 1 Oxford Routledge 20241220 466 p This Companion brings together leading scholars in the field of Irish studies to explore the significance of twenty-first-century Irish writing and its flourishing popularity worldwide. Focusing on Irish writing published or performed in the twenty-first century, this volume explores genres, modes and styles of writing that are current, relevant and distinctive in today’s classrooms. Examining a host of innovative, key writers, including Sally Rooney, Marion Keyes, Sebastian Barry, Paul Howard, Claire Kilroy, Micheal O’Siadhail, Donal Ryan, Marina Carr, Enda Walsh, Martin McDonagh, Colette Bryce, Leanne Quinn, Sinéad Morrissey, Paula Meehan, Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh and Doireann Ni Ghríofa. This text investigates the sociocultural and theoretical contexts of their aesthetic achievements and innovations. Furthermore, The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First-Century Irish Writing traces the expansion of Irish writing, offering fresh insight to Irish identities across the boundaries of race, class and gender. With its distinctive contemporary focus and comprehensive scope, this multifaceted volume provides the first significant literary history of twenty-first-century Irish literature. Eugene O'Brien B01 1000 10625 10625