01514cam a22002415a 4500003000800000008004100008020001500049020001800064041001200082082001300094100002400107245009800131260004400229300002900273520082800302650001701130650002001147650001501167650002301182651002201205700001901227700002601246WUSLLib141002s2015    sz       b    001 0 eng    a3034317530  a9783034317535  aEnglish  a823bIRI  aD'hoker, Elikeeed.04aThe Irish short story :btraditions and trends /cElke D'hoker and Stephanie Eggermont (eds).  aBern, Switzerland :bPeter Lang,c2015.  avii, 322 pages ;c23 cm.  a"Often 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. This book includes essays that consider the diverse national and international influences on the Irish short story and investigate its genealogy." -- Provided by publisher. 0aShort story. 0aEnglish fiction 0aLiterature 0aEnglish literature 0aIrelandvFiction.1 aD'hoker, Elke.1 aEggermont, Stephanie.