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    “The Cabinet of Irish Literature”: a Historical Perspective on Irish Anthologies


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

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    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
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      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

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