E-grāmata: After Ireland: Writing the Nation from Beckett to the Present

A perceptive, capacious account of life and letters since 1945' -- John Kerrigan's Book of the Year, TLS Clearly the work of both a major intellectual and a sincere patriot who cares deeply about his country * Sunday Business Post * What makes After Ireland such a thoroughly engaging read is Kiberd's enthusiasm for each writer's work he is appraising: most notably in his brilliant dissection of what I would term the grade-A wordsmiths * Irish Independent * Kiberd is one of the foremost Irish historians of our times, so it's a pleasure to see him throw himself headlong into an examination of the ways in which post-war Irish writers have dealt with Irish statehood... A more academic choice than some on this list, perhaps, but no less worthy or illuminating for all that' * Sunday Business Post * A bravura survey of how post-war Irish writers have witnessed the frustration of the promise of Irish independence * Tablet * We are indebted to Kiberd for a fascinating exploration of Irish writing read against a palette of socio-political ideas and sometimes surprising insights that connect the work of a disparate selection of authors * Books Ireland * A major contribution indispensable to contemporary Irish writing -- Michael D Higgins Kiberd's narrative is so engagingly written that he carries the reader along with him, especially in the literary analysis, which is executed with characteristic bravura and verve... Magisterial' * TLS * Couching academic critiques in accessible prose, Kiberd is a brilliant essayist, unafraid of seeming idiosyncratic or contentious as he dissects a nation's history and artistic soul * Herald. * The newly published book by respected historian Declan Kiberd examines the state of contemporary Ireland as seen through the eyes of its writers * Irish Post. *