Ireland and Postcolonial Theory

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Ireland and Postcolonial Theory, edited by Clare Carroll and Patricia King. Notre Dame, October 2003. $25

For those initiates to postcolonial theory and Irish studies, it will be enough to say that this collection includes field-redirecting essays by Kevin Whelan, David Lloyd, Joe deary, and Seamus Deane, and ends with an epilogue by Edward Said to sell you on its importance. For those in need of more convincing, this book offers an extensive survey of the intersection of those two fields and asks from a variety of vantages whether and how Ireland should be considered in light of postcolonial ...

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