Rüdiger Imhof Knihy

How do you introduce yourself to twelve major post-war Irish writers?By joining Rudiger Imhof as he explores their lives and works in The Modern Irish Novel. Many contemporary Irish writers are discussed in detail, including Samuel Beckett, Brian Moore, Edna O'Brien, John Banville and John McGahern.Writers such as Dermot Bolger, Roddy Doyle and Patrick McCabe, who have yet to attract as much critical attention as their predecessors, are also placed under Imhof's microscope.Each of these writers plays or has played a vital role in shaping Irish culture. This definitive and absorbing critical study fills in many of the gaps in our understanding of their essential role in Irish life.

Rüdiger Imhof Discussing the works of the representative major writers and highlighting the indigenous genres, with an emphasis in the literature that has originated since the late 19th Century Irish Renaissance. This literary history attempts a concise survey of the movements and tendencies in Irish literature in English from the beginnings to the present day. Historical and political events are considered for their effect on the emergency of particular literary texts. Rezension “[…] Die Akzente, die er setzt, die präzise Kennzeichnung von Epochen, Autoren und Werken sowie Imhofs Stil machen auch diesen Band der UNI-WISSEN-Reihe zu einem nutzbringenden Hilfsmittel für Lehrende wie auch Studierende. […] Auf dem Buchumschlag wird bescheiden angekündigt: „This literary history attempts a concise survey of the movements and tendencies in Irish literature in English…“. Es kann bilanziert werden: Versuch gelungen.“ Fachverband Moderne Fremdsprachen; Mitteilungsblatt des Landesverbandes Westfalen-Lippe Jahrgang 20, Nr. 2/2002