{"product_id":"trauma-and-recovery-in-the-twenty-first-century-irish-novel-9780815635857","title":"Trauma and Recovery in the Twenty-First-Century Irish Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe desire to engage and confront traumatic subjects was a facet of Irish literature for much of the twentieth century. Yet, just as Irish society has adopted a more direct and open approach to the past, so too have Irish authors evolved in their response to, and literary uses of, trauma. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTrauma and Recovery in the Twenty-First-Century Irish Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, Costello-Sullivan considers the ways in which the Irish canon not only represents an ongoing awareness of trauma as a literary and cultural force, but also how this representation has shifted since the end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first century. While earlier trauma narratives center predominantly on the role of silence and the individual and\/or societal suffering that traumas induce, twenty-first-century Irish narratives increasingly turn from just the recognition of traumatic experiences toward exploring and representing the process of healing and recovery both structurally and narratively. Through a series of keenly observed close readings, Costello-Sullivan explores the work of Colm T ib n, John Banville, Anne Enright, Emma Donohue, Colum McCann, and Sebastian Barry. In highlighting the power of narrative to amend and address memory and trauma, Costello-Sullivan argues that these works reflect a movement beyond merely representing trauma toward also representing the\u003cbr\u003epossibility of recovery from it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Costello-Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Irish Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.6lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.30w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815635857","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43244162154633,"sku":"9780815635857","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_c6faea8c-ca53-47e5-92af-d61703964e27.jpg?v=1735640645","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/trauma-and-recovery-in-the-twenty-first-century-irish-novel-9780815635857","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}