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The Shattered Mirror
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The Shattered Mirror

Irish Literature and Film,1990-2005
By: Paula Murphy

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This book is a response to changing representations of Irish identity during the 'Celtic Tiger' (1990-2005). Through literature and film, it interrogates widespread social change—from prosperity to multiculturalism—arguing that Irish identity changed radically.

The Shattered Mirror: Irish Literature and Film, 1990-2005 is a response to changing representations of Irish identity. Interrogating the period of the 'Celtic Tiger' in…
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The Shattered Mirror: Irish Literature and Film, 1990-2005 is a response to changing representations of Irish identity. Interrogating the period of the ‘Celtic Tiger’ in Ireland, which was accompanied by widespread social change, the book draws on Lacanian psychoanalysis to explore issues such as prosperity, Europeanism, Diaspora, multi-culturalism, decline in religious faith and gender norms. Examining three writers and filmmakers in each section on narrative, drama and film, The Shattered Mirror argues that, in this fifteen years, Irish identity has changed radically.

Dr. Paula Murphy is a lecturer in Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin, Ireland. She is the co-editor of New Voices in Irish Literary Criticism: Ireland in Theory (Edwin Mellen Press, 2007). Paula is advisory editor of The Irish Book Review and Kritikos: A Journal of Postmodern Cultural Sound

Hardback

  • ISBN: 1-84718-501-0
  • ISBN13: 978-1-84718-501-3
  • Date of Publication: 2008-05-01

Ebook

  • ISBN: 1-5275-6569-6
  • ISBN13: 978-1-5275-6569-2
  • Date of Publication: 2008-05-01
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  • BIC: APFA, DSB
  • THEMA: ATFA, DSB
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  • "Paula Murhy furnishes us with a fresh and searching overview of the contemporary cultural moment in Ireland and charts it more completely than anyone has done to date."
    - Anne Fogarty, Professor of James Joyce Studies University College Dublin
  • "For anyone who wants to know about contemporary Ireland and about how contemporary Irishness is a diverse and plural text, The Shattered Mirror is a must-read!"
    - Dr. Eugene O’Brien, Head of Department of English Language and Literature Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick
  • "Dr. Murphy’s The Shattered Mirror: provides a badly needed assessment of what some Irish dramatists, fictional writers and film makers make of the seismic period commonly referred to as ‘The Celtic Tiger."
    - Dr. Eamon Maher, Director, National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies ITT Dublin

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