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The Rising of the Moon puts the radical changes in current political dialogue in Ireland into the context of the whole of the 20th century. Exploring the dynamics of power and language, Ella O'Dwyer compares the literature of Beckett, Conrad and Chinua Achebe, amongst others, to accounts of real events in Ireland's political history. She also examines accounts of particular events in Irish history that include Rex Taylor's biography of Michael Collins, Gerry Adams's biography and even messages from hunger-striker Bobby Sands that were smuggled out of prison. In a country where people have been subjected to incarceration and victimisation, and where the political discourse is characterised by slogans, repetition, agreement and treaty, the implications for the national language and identity are immense. Ella O'Dwyer shows how oppression has obstructed and fractured the nature of Irish national discourse, and that this fragmented voice is a feature of all postcolonial narrative.
Contents
1. IntroductionObstructing DiscourseReleasing ResponseCan we go on?2. Who Fears to Speak: Silence and Anonymity in the National Discourse Past and PresentEmpire SpeakImmediate and Terrible WarCognitive ControlA Culture of SilenceStepping StonesRevolution and ReactionCulture and ColonisationCalling the Tune3. When Slavery's Night is Ore: The Minefield of Meaning Stalking KnowledgeThe Booby TrapThe Big IdeaPartitionist ThoughtTrojan ForcesCogni-phobia4. The Inquisition: A View of The Present State of IrelandSeclusion, Virus in the System, Driven to Death, Power and the Absentee, 5. The Split: Doing the Joined Up WritingAcute Amnesia, Unholy Alliance, The State of the Nation, The Political Unconscious, 6. The Threshold: Standing on the Threshold of Another Trembling World Arrested Discourse, Stammered Delivery, Border and Last Frontier, Spell binding language, 7. The Rising of the MoonReferencesIndex
