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Irish modernism and the global primitive

by Maria McGarrity, Claire A. Culleton

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This book scrutinizes the way modern Irish writers exploited or surrendered to primitivism, and how primitivism functions as an idealized nostalgia for the past as a potential representation of difference and connection.

Modernism (Literature)English literaturePrimitivismHistory and criticismPrimitivism in literatureIrish authorsHistoryEnglish literature, irish authors, history and criticismEnglish literature, history and criticism, 20th centuryLITERARY CRITICISMEuropeanEnglish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh