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