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Space and the Irish Cultural Imagination Also by Gerry Smyth DECOLONISATION AND CRITICISM: The Construction of Irish Literature THE NOVEL AND THE NATION: Studies in the New Irish Fiction Space and the Irish Cultural Imagination Gerry Smyth Senior Lecturer in Cultural History Liverpool John Moores University © Gerry Smyth 2001 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2001 978-1-349-42004-9 All rights reserved.No reproduction,copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced,copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency,90 Tottenham Court Road,London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2001 by PALGRAVE Houndmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVEis the new global academic imprint of St.Martin’s Press LLC Scholarly and Reference Division and Palgrave Publishers Ltd (formerly Macmillan Press Ltd). ISBN 978-1-349-42004-9 ISBN 978-1-4039-1367-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781403913678 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smyth,Gerry,1961– Space and the Irish cultural imagination / Gerry Smyth. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. 1.Ireland—Historical geography.2.Space perception—Social aspects—Ireland.3.Deane,Seamus,1940– Reading in the dark. 4.Northern Ireland—Historical geography.5.Popular culture– –Northern Ireland.6.Northern Ireland—In literature.7.Space and time in literature.8.Personal space in literature.9.Popular culture—Ireland.10.U2 (Musical group) Joshua tree.I.Title. DA969 .S69 2001 941.50824—dc21 2001021721 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 For Lizzie and Esther, with all my love Contents List of Maps ix List of Abbreviations x Some Aphorisms and Definitions xii Preface and Acknowledgements xiv 1 Irish Cultural Studies and the Re-emergence of Spatial Analysis 1 Philosophy 1 Ecocriticism 7 Postmodern geography 11 Marxism 15 Ireland and the ‘special relationship’ 19 Conclusion 22 2 Space and the Irish Cultural Imagination 24 Travel and tourism 24 Mapping/naming 40 Poetry 56 The country and the city 76 3 The Location of Criticism, or, Putting the ‘I’ into ‘Ireland’ 93 The River Dodder 100 Tallaght 108 Firhouse 117 Conclusion: homework 127 4 Big Mistakes in Small Places: Exterior and Interior Space in Seamus Deane’s Reading in the Dark 130 Reading in the Dark 133 Derry 136 Aileach 140 Borders and bridges 146 House 151 Conclusion 157 vii viii Contents 5 ‘Show Me the Way to Go Home’: Space and Place in the Music of U2 159 Introduction: mapping the beat 159 U2: space and place 166 Into the arms of America 176 Conclusion 185 Notes 188 Bibliography 203 Index 219 List of Maps ‘Ireland’ by Gerry Smyth xi ‘Tallaght and Environs’ by Sam Ball 118 ‘Firhouse’ by Lizzie Smyth 119 ix
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