Ireland in the Life and Work of C.S. Lewis

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-94389-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 207 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 406 g

Reihe: Bernard Shaw and His Contemporaries

Even after he achieved world-wide fame through books such as and , the Belfast-born author C.S. Lewis – often regarded as uncomplicatedly English by critics and the general public – proudly and regularly described himself as Irish. What’s more, he frequently incorporated Irish elements into his work. This includes, for example, numerous allusions to Irish mythology, the repeated employment of Hiberno-English and Ulster Scots words and expressions, and a preference for tropes frequently found in Irish (and sometimes specifically Ulster Protestant) writing.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clare, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Irische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- The man from God knows where Four Plays about C.S. Lewis that Ignore or Downplay his Irish Background.- Gods and fighting (wo)men” Irish Mythology in the Work of C.S. Lewis.- Lit up inside C.S. Lewis’s Joy and Ulster Protestant Ecstasy.- Four Nations C.S. Lewis’s Ulster Irish Attempts to Redefine Britishness.

Über Autor(innen)

David Clare is Lecturer in Drama and English at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland. His previous books include the monographs  (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016) and (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021) and the edited collections  (2018),  (2 vols., 2021), and  (2022).