EAN: 9783319785493

REPRESENTATIONS OF LOSS IN IRISH LITERATURE GEB...

This is the first book on Irish literature to focus on the theme of loss  and how it is
represented in Irish writing. It focuses on how literature is ideally suited to expressions and
understanding of the nature of loss  given its ability to access and express emotions 
sensations  feelings  and the visceral and haptic areas of experience. Dealing with feelings
and with sensations  poems  novels and drama can allow for cathartic expressions of these
emotions  as well as for a fuller understanding of what is involved in loss across all
situations. The main notion of loss being dealt with is that of death  but feelings of loss in
the wake of immigration and of the loss of certainties that defined notions of identity are
also analysed. This volume will be of interest to scholars  students and researchers in Irish
Studies  loss  memory  trauma  death  and cultural studies.

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