Literature, rhetoric, and violence in Northern Ireland, 1968-98

By Patrick Grant

Subjects: Homes and haunts, English literature, irish authors, Ireland, in literature, Intellectual life, In literature, English language, ireland, Politics and literature, Political violence in literature, Social conflict in literature, Rhetoric, English language, Irish authors, History and criticism, English literature, history and criticism, English literature, History, Literature and society, Irish Authors, Authors, Irish, Violence in literature

Description: "During the Northern Irish Troubles of the past thirty years, a war of words has accompanied and interpenetrated with the actual conduct of violence in highly complex ways. This book considers how literature of the period engages with the participates in this war of words.". "The book places the Northern Ireland conflict within a broad European debate about the legitimate use of force, deriving from a dialogue between ancient ideals of Roman civic virtue (exemplified by Vergil's Aeneid) and Christian teachings about the kingdom (as depicted in the gospels)."--BOOK JACKET.