Abstract
The epilogue to Richard Kearney's Postnationalist Ireland (1997) features a quotation from Seamus Heaney: 'Whatever is given / can always be reimagined, however four-square, / ... it happens to be' (1995:200). It is the role of fiction in this process of reimagining that the following essay seeks to explore. As this volume of essays attests, in the wake of the Celtic Tiger the term 'postnational' encompasses a diverse range of contemporary Irish experience. This contribution will examine the roots of our postnational era within the framework of postmodern theory and apply these ideas to the work of the Northern Irish writer Robert McLiam Wilson.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Redefinitions of Irish Identity: A Postnationalist Approach |
| Editors | Irene Gilsenan Nordin, Carmen Zamorano Llena |
| Place of Publication | U.K. |
| Publisher | Peter Lang |
| Pages | 125-140 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783035300215 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783039115587 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |