Modernism - Literary Movements, 20th Century Irish Fiction & Prose Literature - Literary Criticism, Women Authors - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism, General & Miscellaneous Irish Fiction & Prose Literature - Literary Criticism
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Overview
Elizabeth Bowen: The Enforced Return offers an imaginative new reading of the work of a writer still too little known. Neil Corcoran considers the theme of "return" in her work in various senses, examining her treatment of Ireland, children, and war. Relating her work to some significant non-fictional material, he offers a view of her as a writer who returns us anew to the history of her time, and of ours.
Editorials
Stacey D'Erasmo
The latest glimpse into Bowen's work is Neil Corcoran's insightful, slender Elizabeth Bowen: The Enforced Return. As the colon suggests, this is an academic study -- the word ''aporia'' will be used -- but Corcoran is also a fan, hooked since his teens, who speaks passionately of ''my own Elizabeth Bowen.'' A professor of English at the University of Liverpool, he is eloquent throughout on two of the strongest strains in Bowen's work: her hauntedness, and what he calls ''the gift or pain or dislocation of living between Ireland and England, of being bilocated.''— The New York Times
Book Details
Published
June 10, 2026
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pages
220
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780199532131