TY - BOOK AU - English,Bridget TI - Laying out the bones: death and dying in the modern Irish novel SN - 9780815654148 AV - PR8803 .L395 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Syracuse, New York PB - Syracuse University Press KW - English fiction KW - Irish authors KW - History and criticism KW - Death in literature KW - Death KW - Ireland KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1514164&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -