The Irish Bildungsroman

The classical Bildungsroman charted an idealized path of human development–the harmonization of individual desires with societal norms in the formation of a well-rounded, liberal subject. But what happens when this Enlightenment blueprint for self-cultivation runs up against the particularities of a colonial society riven by nationalism, revolution, and uneven modernization?

Gregory Castle; Matthew L. Reznicek; Sarah L. Townsend; Mary Mullen; Christina Morin; Lindsay Janssen; Heidi Hansson; Elizabeth Grubgeld; Julie Anne Stevens; Barry Devine

Syracuse University Press
9780815638537
277 pages
€93.00
Hardback
United States
Literary studies: general