Irish Literature in Transition: 1980–2020

This critical exchange is based on a conversation between the authors which took place during the Irish University Review Roundtable Discussion: Displacing the Canon (2019 IASIL Conference, Trinity College Dublin). As authors we give first-hand accounts of our experience writing, editing, and teaching in Ireland, attempting to draw out concerns we have for the future of Irish literature and Irish Studies that specifically relate to race. The conversation here suggests that race directly impacts what we consider valuable in our literary culture. We both insist on decentring universalism as a governing literary critical concept and insist on the urgent application of critical race analysis to the construction of literary value systems in Ireland.

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Paige Reynolds (editor), Modernist Afterlives in Irish Literature and Culture

Irish University Review ◽

10.3366/iur.2018.0367 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 395-397

Author(s):

Rhiannon Moss

Keyword(s):

Irish Literature

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Dekoracje irlandzkich psałterzy

Vox Patrum ◽

10.31743/vp.3980 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 60 ◽

pp. 93-109

Author(s):

Ryszarda Maria Bulas

Keyword(s):

Irish Literature ◽

Anglo Saxon ◽

Chronological Order ◽

Irish Art

A particularly interesting question in medieval Irish literature, is decorating Psalters. Since the Biblical psalms were very popular among the Anglo-Saxons, they were often copied and decorated also in Ireland. Initially, the decoration was limited to ornamentation letters. Later there were elements depicting scenes from the life of David, which had its origins, according to F. Henry, in the Carolingian art. In this article, the author presents in chronological order all decorated Irish and Anglo-Saxon Psalters, which show visible influence of the Irish art (Cathach, Durham Cassiodorus, Psalter of Cantorbury, Cotton Psalter, Southampton Psalter, Ricemarcus’ Psalter, Liber hymnorum, Psalter of the St. Caimin).

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