|
|
Article: John McGahern's Amongst Women: representation, memory, and trauma.(Critical Essay)
- Article from:
- Irish University Review: a journal of Irish Studies
- Article date:
- March 22, 2005
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2005 Irish University Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Despite the prevailing enthusiastic reception of John McGahern's Amongst Women, (1) some readers detected in the novel's focus on rural Ireland of the 1950s a reluctance on his part to engage with contemporary Irish culture. Part of this reaction no doubt is triggered by McGahern's signature conservative narrative style, but the chief cause seems to be the retrograde nature of its material, the depiction of a dated rural community restrained and restricted by limited economic possibilities and a dominant Catholic social reality that seems distant from an Ireland of the European Union, globalization, and the Celtic Tiger. James Simmons, for example, in a review of Amongst ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Spain's Literary Revival
The Washington Post;
July 1, 1990 ;
700+ words
...CAMILO JOSE CELA has long been a larger-than-life figure here in Spain, maybe too large. Famous for his forthright manner and acerbic remarks, Cela's comments at a press conference after he won the Nobel Prize for Literature last year didn't seem to surprise many: "Spain is a wonderful country.
|
|