The Irish Bildungsroman by Gregory Castle PAPERBACK 9780815638544

The Irish Bildungsroman by Gregory Castle PAPERBACK 9780815638544

Syracuse University Press

The Irish BildungsromanAuthor(s): Gregory Castle, Matthew L. Reznicek, Sarah L. Townsend, Mary Mullen, Christina Morin, Lindsay Janssen, Heidi Hansson, Elizabeth Grubgeld, Julie Anne Stevens, Barry Devine\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Syracuse University Press, United States\nImprint: Syracuse University Press\nISBN-13: 9780815638544, 978-0815638544\nSynopsis\nThe classical Bildungsroman charted an idealized path of human developmentthe harmonization of individual desires with societal norms in the formation of a well-rounded, liberal subject. But what happens when this Enlightenment blueprint for self-cultivation runs up against the particularities of a colonial society riven by nationalism, revolution, and uneven modernization? \n\nThe Irish Bildungsroman provides the first comprehensive study of how this quintessentially bourgeois and European genre was transformed and reinvented by Irish writers from the Act of Union to the present day. Through incisive readings of over two cent.

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