1st Edition

Masculinity and Identity in Irish Literature Heroes, Lads, and Fathers

By Cassandra S. Tully de Lope Copyright 2024
184 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book addresses Irish identity in Irish literature, especially masculinity in some of its forms through an interdisciplinary methodology. The study of language performance through literary analysis and corpus studies will enable readers to approach literary texts from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives, to take advantage of the texts’ full potential as well as examining these same... Read more

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Irish identity, language, and masculinity

Chapter 3. Interdisciplinary methodologies for literary studies 

Chapter 4. The Corpus of Male Irish Writers

Chapter 5. Introduction to corpus analysis and initial results

Chapter 6. Male Vocatives and Male Hierarchy 

Chapter 7. Adverbs and Verbs of Speech to imply domination

Chapter 8. Body Language, hypermasculinity, and other models of masculinity

Chapter 9. Conclusion

Biography

Cassandra S. Tully de Lope is currently researching while working as a civil servant teaching in an Educational Centre for Adults in Extremadura (Spain). Formerly, she worked as an Associate Lecturer at the University of Extremadura where she received her PhD with cum laude distinction in Contemporary Irish Literature and Masculinity in 2022.