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University of Virginia Press
December 2006
On Sale: November 30, 2006
273 pages
ISBN: 0813925444
EAN: 9780813925448
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Non-Fiction
Over the past decade the historically strife-ridden and
impoverished nation of Ireland has emerged as one of the
economic and social miracles of Europe. A booming
software-based economy dubbed "the Celtic Tiger" has spurred
an escalating standard of living, an influx of diaspora
returnees and other immigrants, enormous growth in housing
and infrastructure, and an uncommon flourishing in the arts.
As a result, the Irish find themselves confronted with a new
set of questions about who they are, where they are going,
and how they will get there. The present volume is the outgrowth (though not the
proceedings) of an unprecedented conference featuring more
than one hundred renowned Irish writers, scholars, artists,
musicians, and political and religious figures, who
converged in Charlottesville in May of 2003 under the
auspices of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Over
four days, participants engaged in a broad and lively
consideration of the present realities and future trajectory
of Irish culture: Re-Imagining Ireland, the book, comprises
a generous and varied sampling of their voices and views. Each of the ten main essays is followed and beautifully
complemented by shorter, topically related pieces from the
likes of Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín, and Frank McCourt, among
others. The essay by Declan McGonagle, chairman of the
Department of Art and Design at the University of Ulster, is
supplemented by a selection of images from the Irish Museum
of Modern Art, which were featured in a special exhibition
at the original conference. This volume also includes a DVD of the companion documentary
film Re-Imagining Ireland, which has aired on several PBS
stations as well as on RTÉ (Irish public television). Contributors Fintan O'Toole * Helen Shaw * Peter McVerry *
Liz O'Donnell * Peadar Kirby * Theo Dorgan * Colm Tóibín *
Frank McCourt * Larry Kirwan * Lenwood Sloan * Luke Gibbons
* Roddy Doyle * Michael Collins * Noel Ignatiev * Angela
Bourke * Aodón Mac Póilin * Declan McGonagle * Malcolm
Maclean * Susan McKay * Fintan O'Toole * Arthur Aughey * Ed
Moloney * Nuala O'Loan * Joe Lee * Kerby A. Miller * Patrick
Griffin * Henry Glassie * Mary P. Corcoran * Pat Cooke * Roy
Foster * Mick Moloney * Nicholas Carolan * Jean Butler *
Martin McLoone * Trish McAdam * Rod Stoneman
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