The article discusses the presence or better the absence of Joyce's texts in the Irish secondary school system. This essay examines the absent and later uncertain place of Joyce’s writings in Irish schools and universities. It analyses how Joyce was kept off the official school curricula and out of English literature textbooks until very recently. It also investigates the reticence of Irish academia to seriously engage with his writings until the 1980s. It traces the social, religious, political and cultural pressures that determined his neglect before examining how Joyce is studied in Ireland today.
Joyce at School
Mc Court, John Francis
2022-01-01
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The article discusses the presence or better the absence of Joyce's texts in the Irish secondary school system. This essay examines the absent and later uncertain place of Joyce’s writings in Irish schools and universities. It analyses how Joyce was kept off the official school curricula and out of English literature textbooks until very recently. It also investigates the reticence of Irish academia to seriously engage with his writings until the 1980s. It traces the social, religious, political and cultural pressures that determined his neglect before examining how Joyce is studied in Ireland today.File in questo prodotto:
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