Scholarcast 54: The Revival and the City in James Stephens's Dublin Fiction

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English - June 24, 2015 11:00 - 35 minutes - 1023 Bytes - ★★★★ - 2 ratings
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Examining the infiltration of new notions of urbanism into Irish culture in this era, in particular through the Housing and Town Planning Association of Ireland, this talk looks at the Dublin-based writings of James Stephens to show how revivalist writers were responsive to the peculiarities of Irish urban experience.