Empire's Wake: Postcolonial Irish Writing and the Politics of Modern Literary Form

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Empire’s Wake Empire’s Wake p os t c ol on i a l i r ish w r i t i ng a n d t h e p ol i t ic s of mode r n l i t e r a ry for m Mark Quigley f o r d h a m u n i v e r si t y p r e s s New York 2 013 Copyright © 2013 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other— except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or thirdparty Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Quigley, Mark. Empire’s wake : postcolonial Irish writing and the politics of modern literary form / Mark Quigley. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8232-4544-4 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. English literature—Irish authors—History and criticism. 2. Postcolonialism in literature. 3. Modernism (Literature) I. Title. PR8755.Q54 2013 820.9’9415—dc23 2012026633 Printed in the United States of America 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 First edition this book is made possible by a collaborative grant from the andrew w. mellon foundation. For Elsa, who waited for me to tell her ...