Deirdre Madden: New Critical Perspectives

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The Irish writer, Deirdre Madden, has written key novels about the Northern Irish Troubles and about contemporary Ireland. In these works, she weighs up the aftermath of violence and the impact of the shift to a more open but materialist society in the country overall. Memory, trauma, and the abiding but elusive links between the past and the present are central concerns of her fiction. This pioneering set of essays by leading experts in Irish Studies explores the many dimensions of her novels from a wide variety of perspectives. Maddens skill at interweaving novels of ideas with artist novels that draw out the complex inner predicaments of her characters is highlighted. States of dislocation are concentrated on in her texts, but also the quest for a home in the world and a lasting set of values that allows for personal integrity and authenticity. These multifaceted explorations bear out the compelling and enduring aspects of Maddens highly regarded novels.

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'The essays gathered in this exemplary and fascinating collection analyse... many... themes woven through Deirdre Maddens work.'
The Irish Times

'Deirdre Madden. New Critical Perspectives is a must not only for those scholars, followers of this exceptional writer s works and impressive career, but for literary critics, lecturers on Irish contemporary literature, and Irish literature graduate and post-graduate students. Also for Irish Studies cohorts that seek to understand Ireland, its contemporary history and culture and who will, through Maddens incredibly well-crafted works, find answers to the many questions, this volume asks and attempts successfully to answer.'
The Brazilian Journal of Irish Studies

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Anne Fogarty is Professor of James Joyce Studies at University College Dublin
Marisol Morales-Ladrn is Professor of English and Irish literature at the University of Alcal