Out of history : essays on the writings of Sebastian Barry / edited by Christina Hunt Mahony.
| Other author | Mahony, Christina Hunt, 1949- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press ; Dublin : Carysfort Press, ©2006. |
| Description | viii, 262 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Christina Hunt Mahony -- From Rhetoric to Narrative: The Poems of Sebastian Barry / Peter Denman -- Transcending Genre: Sebastian Barry's Juvenile Fiction / Éilís Ní Dhuibhne -- 'To have a father is always big news': Theme and Structure in The Engine of Owl-Light / Bruce Stewart -- 'Everyman's Story is the Whisper of God': Sacred and Secular in Barry's Dramaturgy / David Cregan -- Children of the Light amid the Risky Dancers: Barry's Naïfs and the Poetry of Humanism / Christina Hunt Mahony -- 'All the Long Traditions': Loyalty and Service in Barry and Ishiguro / John Wilson Foster -- Colonial Policing: The Steward of Christendom and The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty / Elizabeth Butler Cullingford -- Redressing the Irish Theatrical Landscape: Sebastian Barry's The Only True History of Lizzie Finn / Anthony Roche -- Out of History: from The Steward of Christendom to Annie Dunne / Nicholas Grene -- 'Something of us will remain': Sebastian Barry and Irish History / Roy Foster -- Hinterland: The Public Becomes Private / Colm Tóibín -- 'In the dank margins of things': Whistling Psyche and the Illness of Empire / Claire Gleitman. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-243) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005033357 |
| ISBN | 0813214599 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780813214597 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR6052.A729 Z84 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |