Books

Pub Date
2008
ISBN
9780230602854
Page Count
236

Narratives of Class in New Irish and Scottish Literature

From Joyce to Kelman, Doyle, Galloway, and McNamee

By Mary McGlynn
535
Irish Studies

Palgrave Macmillan

This book argues that the outskirts of cities have become spaces for a new literature beyond boundaries of traditional notions of nation, class, and gender. Includes discussions of Booker Prize winners Roddy Doyle and James Kelman.