El. knyga: Writing from the Margins of Europe: The Application of Postcolonial Theories to Selected Works by William Butler Yeats, John Millington Synge and James Joyce

The application of postcolonial theories to Irish literature remains a contentious issue. Unlike other colonised nations, Ireland shared a long history of political, economic and artistic ties with its empire-building neighbour, Britain. Yet the Irish response to the project of British imperialism bears comparison with postcolonial models of the relationship between colonisers and the colonised. Writing from the Margins of Europe assesses the potential for postcolonial analysis of works by W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge and James Joyce. In this exploration of postcolonial parallels between these writers, the author focuses on four core issues: historiography, nationalism, language and displacement.

Writing from the Margins of Europe assesses the potential for postcolonial analysis of works by W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge and James Joyce. In this exploration of postcolonial parallels between these writers, the author focuses on four core issues: Historiography, Nationalism, Language and Displacement.

This study of Irish writers in London and Europe looks for manifestations of imperialism and evidence of British/English identities in the writing of William Butler Yeats, John Millington Synge, and James Joyce. The book begins with a history, chronology, and discussion of the postcolonial status of these three writers. Later chapters review key issues in postcolonial theory, then employ ideas from postcolonial theory to examine language, literary style, and Irish nationalism in the three writers’ narration of Ireland’s history. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)