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Shakespeare and Contemporary Irish Literature

Nicholas Taylor-Collins Orcid Logo, Stanley van der Ziel

Swansea University Author: Nicholas Taylor-Collins Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/978-3-319-95924-5

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This book shows that Shakespeare continues to influence contemporary Irish literature, through postcolonial, dramaturgical, epistemological and narratological means. International critics examine a range of contemporary writers including Eavan Boland, Marina Carr, Brian Friel, Seamus Heaney, John Mc...

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ISBN: 978-3-319-95923-8 978-3-319-95924-5
Published: Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan 2018
Online Access: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319959238
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