TY  - BOOK
AU  - Irene Gilsenan Nordin
AU  - Elin Holmsten
PY  - 2011
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1662-9094
SN  - 9783035300765
TI  - Liminal Borderlands in Irish Literature and Culture
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-0353-0076-5
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1043825
N2  - Liminality, if interpreted as a concern with borders and states of in-betweenness, is a widespread theme in Irish literature and culture, which is perhaps not surprising considering the colonial and postcolonial background of Ireland. The liminal, from the Latin word limen, meaning «a threshold», can be broadly defined as a transitional place of becoming. It is a borderland state of ambiguity and indeterminacy, leading those who participate in the process to new perspectives and possibilities.  This collection of essays examines the theme of liminality in Irish literature and culture against the philosophical discourse of modernity and focuses on representations of liminality in contemporary Irish literature, art and film in a variety of contexts. The book is divided into four sections. The first part deals with theoretical aspects of liminal states. Other sections focus on liminal narratives and explore drama as liminal rites of passage, while the last part examines transformative spaces in contemporary Irish women’s poetry.
KW  - Samuel Beckett, Irish Film, Spectrality, Women's Poetry
LA  - English
ER  -