Overview
- The first book dedicated solely to the short fiction of Irish women writers
- Examines work by a variety of canonical and contemporary writers
- The author has written widely on both Irish literature and short fiction
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“D’hoker’s sensitive, measured study challenges the shibboleths on which accounts of the Irish short story have for too long rested. Exemplary close readings cast new light on familiar as well as neglected women writers, and the book makes a significant contribution to debates about gender and the short story genre.” (Adrian Hunter, University of Stirling, author of “The Cambridge Introduction to the Short Story in English”)
“A wide-ranging and perceptive study. By focussing on women writers, Elke D'hoker casts an interesting new light on the Irish short story, encouraging us to rethink traditional approaches to the form." (Heather Ingman, Trinity College Dublin, author of “A History of the Irish Short Story”)
“This book provides a comprehensive, original and engaging history of Irish women writers’ engagement with the modern short story. D'Hoker skilfully interweaves close readings of individual stories with rich comparative analyses, and reveals fascinating lines of influence and impulses for innovation within twentieth-century Irish women’s writing. As a result, our understanding of these writers' distinctive achievements in the short story form is greatly and pleasurably advanced.” (Margaret Kelleher, University College Dublin, Ireland)
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Book Title: Irish Women Writers and the Modern Short Story
Authors: Elke D'hoker
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30288-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author (s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30287-4Published: 08 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80770-6Published: 07 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30288-1Published: 28 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 231
Topics: British and Irish Literature, Contemporary Literature, Fiction, Twentieth-Century Literature