English, Bridget,

Laying out the bones : death and dying in the modern Irish novel / Bridget English. - First edition. - Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: Traversing the dismal fields: death and dying in modern Ireland -- Death and narrative regeneration: James Joyce's Ulysses -- The eve of all souls and the death of desire: Kate O'Brien's The ante-room -- Deathbed confessions and unraveling narration: Samuel Beckett's Malone dies -- Ritual and denial in a world stripped of illusion: John McGahern's The barracks -- Death without resurrection and the modern wake: Anne Enright's The gathering -- Conclusion: As you were before you rested: Death and the afterlife of the Irish wake.



9780815654148

2017043151


English fiction--Irish authors--History and criticism.
Death in literature.
Death--Ireland.


Electronic Books.

PR8803 / .L395 2017