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Liminal Borderlands in Irish Literature and Culture: 9
Author(s): Irene Gilsenan Nordin (Editor), Elin Holmsten
- Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
- Publication Date: 7 Jan. 2009
- Edition: New
- Language: English
- Print length: 212 pages
- ISBN-10: 3039118595
- ISBN-13: 9783039118595
Book Description
Liminality, if interpreted as a concern with borders and states of in-betweenness, is a widespread theme in Irish literature and culture, which is perhaps not surprising considering the colonial and postcolonial background of Ireland. The liminal, from the Latin word limen, meaning «a threshold», can be broadly defined as a transitional place of becoming. It is a borderland state of ambiguity and indeterminacy, leading those who participate in the process to new perspectives and possibilities.
This collection of essays examines the theme of liminality in Irish literature and culture against the philosophical discourse of modernity and focuses on representations of liminality in contemporary Irish literature, art and film in a variety of contexts. The book is divided into four sections. The first part deals with theoretical aspects of liminal states. Other sections focus on liminal narratives and explore drama as liminal rites of passage, while the last part examines transformative spaces in contemporary Irish women’s poetry.
This collection of essays examines the theme of liminality in Irish literature and culture against the philosophical discourse of modernity and focuses on representations of liminality in contemporary Irish literature, art and film in a variety of contexts. The book is divided into four sections. The first part deals with theoretical aspects of liminal states. Other sections focus on liminal narratives and explore drama as liminal rites of passage, while the last part examines transformative spaces in contemporary Irish women’s poetry.
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About the Author
The Editors: Irene Gilsenan Nordin is Associate Professor of English at Dalarna University, Sweden. She is Director of the Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies and the literary editor of Nordic Irish Studies.
Elin Holmsten is Assistant Professor of English at Dalarna University, Sweden. She completed her thesis The Hermeneutics of Otherness in Medbh McGuckian’s Poetry at Uppsala University, Sweden, in 2006.
Elin Holmsten is Assistant Professor of English at Dalarna University, Sweden. She completed her thesis The Hermeneutics of Otherness in Medbh McGuckian’s Poetry at Uppsala University, Sweden, in 2006.
