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- catalog abstract ""'When I mention having studied "Troubles fiction" while in prison, that is, prose fiction dealing with the conflict in the North of Ireland since the late 1960s, I often meet with polite silence ... '" "This is how Patrick Magee begins his fascinating study of the strange world of novels about the conflict in Ireland. Beginning while he was interned in Long Kesh in 1974, he worked his way through hundreds of the 700 works of fiction produced to date. No one is better placed to introduce the reader to the 'Provo godfathers', 'psychopaths', and 'romantic nationalists with a death wish' who inhabit this fictional universe. And no one is better placed to critically assess these representations of republicans than an active republican like Patrick Magee." "The popularity of 'Troubles fiction' lies in the genre's success in performing a key ideological and political function for the British reading public, argues the author. The fiction often serves to denigrate the enemy, idealise 'our side' and over-simplify the reasons for political conflict. In this way it has played a crucial role in the propaganda war over the last three decades. As a consequence, there has been little insight provided into the real world of Irish republicans. As the author puts it, 'to read these works uncritically is to accept at face value many assumptions that continue to hinder a resolution of the divisions of Ireland'. His task therefore is to read the fiction critically."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12469337.
- catalog coverage "Ireland In literature.".
- catalog coverage "Northern Ireland In literature.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""'When I mention having studied "Troubles fiction" while in prison, that is, prose fiction dealing with the conflict in the North of Ireland since the late 1960s, I often meet with polite silence ... '" "This is how Patrick Magee begins his fascinating study of the strange world of novels about the conflict in Ireland. Beginning while he was interned in Long Kesh in 1974, he worked his way through hundreds of the 700 works of fiction produced to date. No one is better placed to introduce the reader to the 'Provo godfathers', 'psychopaths', and 'romantic nationalists with a death wish' who inhabit this fictional universe. And no one is better placed to critically assess these representations of republicans than an active republican like Patrick Magee." "The popularity of 'Troubles fiction' lies in the genre's success in performing a key ideological and political function for the British reading public, argues the author. The fiction often serves to denigrate the enemy, idealise 'our side' and over-simplify the reasons for political conflict. In this way it has played a crucial role in the propaganda war over the last three decades. As a consequence, there has been little insight provided into the real world of Irish republicans. As the author puts it, 'to read these works uncritically is to accept at face value many assumptions that continue to hinder a resolution of the divisions of Ireland'. His task therefore is to read the fiction critically."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index.".
- catalog extent "248 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Gangsters or guerrillas?".
- catalog identifier "1900960141".
- catalog isFormatOf "Gangsters or guerrillas?".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Belfast : Beyond The Pale,".
- catalog relation "Gangsters or guerrillas?".
- catalog spatial "Ireland In literature.".
- catalog spatial "Ireland.".
- catalog spatial "Northern Ireland In literature.".
- catalog spatial "Northern Ireland.".
- catalog subject "823.91409358 21".
- catalog subject "Authors, Irish Homes and haunts Northern Ireland.".
- catalog subject "English fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "English fiction Irish authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Gangsters in literature.".
- catalog subject "Guerrillas in literature.".
- catalog subject "Irish Republican Army In literature.".
- catalog subject "Nationalism in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR8807.P64 M34 2001".
- catalog subject "Political violence in literature.".
- catalog subject "Politics and literature Ireland.".
- catalog subject "Politics and literature Northern Ireland.".
- catalog subject "Republicanism Ireland.".
- catalog subject "Republicanism Northern Ireland.".
- catalog subject "Republicanism in literature.".
- catalog subject "Social conflict in literature.".
- catalog title "Gangsters or Guerrillas? : representations of Irish Republicans in 'troubles fiction' / by Patrick Magee.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".