Ireland has given birth to some of the most admired works of world literature, and also to a fascinating body of folklore. This volume examines how conventions from Irish folklore have been used in twelve Irish novels published between 1912 and 1948. Among the authors discussed are James Joyce, Flann O'Brien, Mervyn Wall, Darrell Figgis, Eimar O'Duffy, and James Stephens. From the sophisticated satire of Joyce, as found in Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, to the tragicomedies of Mervyn Wall's Fursey novels, the intrusion of medieval Irish sources remains constant, suggesting a certain homogeneity in the novels' offerings of escape from reality through a world that belongs, in part, to folklore.
A study of how James Joyce, Darrell Figgis, Flann O'Brien, and other modern Irish writers incorporated Celtic myth and folklore in their novels.
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1. A Popular Culture: Irish Folklore and the Modern Irish Novel |
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1 | (24) |
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2. Ulysses and Celtic Parallels |
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25 | (34) |
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3. Finnegans Wake: Imitating Sources |
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59 | (24) |
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4. Flann O'Brien: At Swim-Two-Birds, The Third Policeman--Temporal and Spatial Incongruities |
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83 | (16) |
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5. Mervyn Wall and Darrell Figgis: The Fursey Novels and The Return of the Hero |
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99 | (16) |
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6. Eimar O'Duffy: A Satirical Trilogy |
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115 | (22) |
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7. James Stephens: The Crock of Gold and The Demi-Gods |
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137 | (14) |
| Conclusion |
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151 | (4) |
| Selected Bibliography |
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155 | (8) |
| Index |
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MARGUERITE QUINTELLI-NEARY is Director of the English Education program at Winthrop University, South Carolina, where she also teaches literature and composition.
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