The Irish Short Story: Traditions and Trends (R. D'hoker, Eggermont**

Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissensc

The Irish Short StoryTraditions and Trends\nAuthor(s): Eamon Maher, Elke D'hoker, Stephanie Eggermont\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Switzerland\nImprint: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften\nISBN-13: 9783034317535, 978-3034317535\nSynopsis\nOften hailed as a national genre, the short story has a long and distinguished tradition in Ireland and continues to fascinate readers and writers alike. Critical appreciation of the Irish short story, however, has laboured for too long under the normative conception of it as a realist form, used to depict quintessential truths about Ireland and Irish identity. This definition fails to do justice to the richness and variety of short stories published in Ireland since the 1850s. This collection aims to open up the critical debate on the Irish short story to the many different concerns, influences and innovations by which it has been formed. The essays gathered here cons.