Kelleher, Margaret (2003) “The Cabinet of Irish Literature”: a Historical Perspective on Irish Anthologies. Eire-Ireland, 38 (3/4). pp. 68-89.

Download (1MB)

Abstract

AMONG the flurry of reviews and commentaries that followed the publication of volumes I to III of the Field DayAnthology of lrish Writing in iggi, those of most enduring interest moved beyond the heat of the moment to a more general reflection on the role of anthologies themselves. Francis Mulhern's 1993 essay, "A Nation, Yet Again" began, for example, with the cautionary pronouncement, by then all too evident, that "[a]nthologies are strategic weapons in literary politics."' Mulhern acknowledged that "authored texts of all kinds-poems, novels, plays, reviews, analyses-play more or less telling parts in a theatre of shifting alliances and antagonisms," but he argued for the special rhetorical force of anthologies in their "simulation of self evidence."

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Irish Literature; Irish Anthologies;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > Research Institutes > An Foras Feasa Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > School of English, Media & Theatre Studies
Item ID:	1954
Depositing User:	Professor Margaret Kelleher
Date Deposited:	26 May 2010 11:37
Journal or Publication Title:	Eire-Ireland
Publisher:	Irish American Cultural Institute
Refereed:	Yes
URI:
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

Repository Staff Only(login required)

Item control page

Downloads

Origin of downloads