Demons, Hamlets and Femmes Fatales

The book provides a lively discussion of the ways in which popular fiction appropriates the figure of the Provisional IRA activist and the political conflict within the north of Ireland. It looks at how authors' recreations, or transformations, of Irish republicanism might reveal self-referentional images that are, ultimately, a product of national identity and/or gender identity. An important focus of the book interrogates British fascination and fixation with the Provisional IRA and its 'terrors'.
The many novels discussed in this study include Gerald Seymour Harry's Game; Campbell Armstrong Jig; Bernard MacLaverty Cal; Mary Costello Titanic Town; Jennifer Johnston Shadows on our Skin; Deidre Madden One by One through the Darkness.

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The Author: Jayne Steel is a full-time lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Lancaster University, UK. Her specialist areas include the 'Troubles' and contemporary fiction, modern literary theory and film theory. In addition to publishing in this field, she has presented numerous conference papers both nationally and internationally. She is also an award-winning screen writer.

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Contents: Repetitions of fantasy figures in popular fiction Thriller genre as being a traditionally male-dominated genre Female-authors appropriations of the Troubles as subject-matter British versus Irish representations of Irish Republicanism Problematizing literary realism Rewritings of Hamlet as an Irish Republican Mother Ireland and popular fiction.