{"product_id":"great-irish-novels-of-the-twenty-first-century","title":"Great Irish Novels of the Twenty-First Century","description":"What makes a 'great' Irish novel in the twenty-first century, and who gets to decide  This volume brings together leading scholars of Irish literature to explore this very question. Rather than assembling a definitive canon,                 \u003ci\u003eGreat Irish Novels of the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e                 takes a more revealing approach: each contributor selects a novel they consider 'great,' reflecting on the critical and cultural processes that informed their choice. The result is not a ranked list, but a conversation about literary taste and value, and the evolving role of literary criticism today. Spanning internationally acclaimed authors and lesser-known voices alike, the essays illuminate how contemporary Irish fiction renegotiates enduring concerns - history and memory, family and identity, art and imagination - while engaging with the social and political realities of twenty-first-century Ireland in aesthetically rewarding ways. At once an exploration of contemporary Irish writing and a reflection on the practice of criticism itself, this volume invites readers to reconsider what it means to call a novel 'great'.                \u003cbr\u003e                                \u003cbr\u003e                \u003cbr\u003e                CONTENTS                \u003cbr\u003e                                \u003cbr\u003e                \u003cbr\u003e                Acknowledgements     ix                \u003cbr\u003e                \u003cbr\u003e                Sarah Joy Link and Katharina Rennhak                \u003cbr\u003e                 Introduction: What is a Great Irish Novel of the Twenty-First Century       1                \u003cbr\u003e                                \u003cbr\u003e                \u003cbr\u003e                Hedwig Schwall                 \u003cbr\u003e                Anne Enright,                 \u003ci\u003eThe Wig My Father Wore\u003c\/i\u003e                 (1995): Reconstructing the Irish Family    11                \u003cbr\u003e                                \u003cbr\u003e                \u003cbr\u003e                Ralf Haekel                \u003cbr\u003e                John Banville,                 \u003ci\u003eThe Sea\u003c\/i\u003e                 (2005): Trauma, Memory, and Identity    29                \u003cbr\u003e                \u003cbr\u003e                \u003cbr\u003e                Christoph Reinfandt                \u003cbr\u003e                Sebastian Barry,                 \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Scripture\u003c\/i\u003e                 (2008): Fictionalized History beyond Revisionism    45                \u003cbr\u003e                                \u003cbr\u003e                \u003cbr\u003e                Ina Bergmann                \u003cbr\u003e                Colum McCann,                 \u003ci\u003eTransAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e                 (2013): The Green Atlantic Revis(it)ed    61                \u003cbr\u003e                                \u003cbr\u003e                \u003cbr\u003e                Loredana Salis                \u003cbr\u003e                Mary Morrissy,                 \u003ci\u003eThe Rising of Bella Casey\u003c\/i\u003e                 (2013): Of Remembering and Forgetting    77                \u003cbr\u003e                                \u003cbr\u003e                \u003cbr\u003e                Derek Hand                \u003cbr\u003e                Mike McCormack,                 \u003ci\u003eSolar Bones\u003c\/i\u003e                 (2016): The Anxieties of the Age - Art and Economics    91                \u003cbr\u003e                                \u003cbr\u003e                \u003cbr\u003e                Elke D'hoker                \u003cbr\u003e                Sara Baume,                 \u003ci\u003eA Line Made by Walking\u003c\/i\u003e                 (2017): An Artist Novel for the Twenty-First Century 109                \u003cbr\u003e                                \u003cbr\u003e                \u003cbr\u003e                Katharina Rennhak                \u003cbr\u003e                Sally Rooney,                 \u003ci\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/i\u003e                 (2017): A Novel for Millennials in Dublin and Beyond 127                \u003cbr\u003e                                \u003cbr\u003e                \u003cbr\u003e                Caroline Lusin                \u003cbr\u003e                Colm Tóibín,                 \u003ci\u003eHouse of Names\u003c\/i\u003e                 (2","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":54143855690066,"sku":"9783989401136","price":34.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_9e05bb7c-94dd-42e8-bcf0-a0d0197cba14.jpg?v=1785497760","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/great-irish-novels-of-the-twenty-first-century","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}