The book presents Irish literature and theatre as an intricate knotwork of voices, styles, and genres, intertwining tradition and experimentation. Through a compelling selection of texts by recognized and emerging scholars, it explores the histories and herstories of violence and trauma, community and belonging, the rural and the urban, the South and the North, the East and the West, the local and the global, and the interplay between various modernist legacies. Examining Ireland’s rich and dynamic cultural tapestry, the volume reveals its multifaceted dimensions, including a rich, even if at times unsettling, underside, shaped by a troubled past.
