Synopses & Reviews
Looking at representations of the Irish landscape in contemporary literature and the arts,this volume discusses the economic, political and environmental issues associated with it, questioning the myths behind Ireland's landscape, from the first Greek descriptions to present day post Celtic-Tiger architecture.
About the Author
MARIE MIANOWSKI Lecturer at the University of Nantes, France,where she teaches Irish Studies, Lliterature and translation classes for undergraduate and postgraduate students. She is the author of a PhD thesis on Flann O'Brien's fiction and of articles on Irish contemporary literature and the representations of landscape and exile.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction; M.Mianowski
PART I: BIRTH OF THE IRISH LANDSCAPE AND THE MYTH OF LOSS
From Ancient Geographers to the Journey of the Argonauts: Ierne Island (Ireland), a Landscape Island Between Two Worlds; L.André
Landscape, Senchas and the Medieval Irish Mind; D.Hamon
Translating the Facts of Landscape into the Facts of