The Revival in Irish Literature and Culture

"The Revival in Irish Literature and Culture" offers a wide variety of new work on the Revival and the ideals, attitudes and perspectives that animate it, from the late-nineteenth century to the present day. The contributors to the volume, each in their own fashion, explore the social, political and cultural expressions of revivalism in literature but also in film, music, dance, commemorations, museum exhibits, social movements, and political activism. The volume offers new perspectives on established figures and ideas as well as new research on forgotten or under-represented revivalists, particularly women, whose cultural and political activities were instrumental in forming the foundations of the Revival and whose ongoing involvement shapes revivalism in new social and cultural contexts. One of the most important thematic strands linking the chapters is the function of time-our understanding of the historical “sense of the past” but also the efficacy of new temporal frameworks.

* Offers a new understanding of revivalism as a concept and a fresh understanding of the Revival as a movement in Ireland

* Emphasizes the presence of revivalist themes in non-literary forms and contexts but also the persistence of revivalism in later twentieth and twentieth-century Irish literature and culture

* Draws attention to social and political aspects of the Revival that are not often taught