Description: "This edited collection provides a comprehensive examination of the development of the Bildungsroman genre in Ireland from the nineteenth century to the present"--
Brief description: Gregory Castle is professor emeritus of English at Arizona State University. He is the author of numerous publications, including Reading the Modernist Bildungsroman.
Review Quotes: Ably edited and filled with fresh perspectives, The Irish Bildungsroman valuably complicates our understanding of a beloved and oft-studied genre. This exciting collection not only examines the complex history of such fictions of development, looking across centuries from the Act of Union to the present day, but also helps us to appreciate more fully the formidable conceptual provocations of the Irish bildungsroman.-- "Paige Reynolds, author of Modernism in Irish Women's Contemporary Writing"