{"id":4736,"date":"2026-04-03T17:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/?p=4736"},"modified":"2026-04-03T17:49:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:49:28","slug":"book-announcement-tradition-and-experimentation-in-irish-literature-and-theatre-since-modernism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/blog\/book-announcement-tradition-and-experimentation-in-irish-literature-and-theatre-since-modernism\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Announcement: Tradition and Experimentation in Irish Literature and Theatre since Modernism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"906\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Tradition_and_Experimentation-cover.png?resize=640%2C906&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4737 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Tradition_and_Experimentation-cover.png?w=897&amp;ssl=1 897w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Tradition_and_Experimentation-cover.png?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Tradition_and_Experimentation-cover.png?resize=768%2C1087&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Tradition_and_Experimentation-cover.png?resize=723%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tradition and Experimentation in Irish Literature and Theatre since Modernism <\/strong><br><strong>Edited by <\/strong>Katarzyna Ojrzy\u0144ska and Wit Pietrzak <br>HJEAS Books series, open access <br><strong>Publisher<\/strong>: Sciendo, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book presents Irish literature and theatre as an intricate knotwork of voices, styles, and genres, intertwining tradition and experimentation.&nbsp;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&nbsp;Ireland\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"35\" height=\"35\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" class=\"wp-image-4587\" style=\"width: 35px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/web-logo.jpg?resize=35%2C35&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/web-logo.jpg?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/web-logo.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/web-logo.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 35px) 100vw, 35px\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/reference-global.com\/book\/9788368412062?tab=tableOfContents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/reference-global.com\/book\/9788368412062?tab=tableOfContents<\/a> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"18\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" class=\"wp-image-4234\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/new-window-e1739684988777.png?resize=20%2C18&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tradition and Experimentation in Irish Literature and Theatre since Modernism Edited by Katarzyna Ojrzy\u0144ska and Wit Pietrzak HJEAS Books series, open access Publisher: Sciendo, 2025 Presentation The book presents Irish literature and theatre as an intricate knotwork of voices, styles, and genres, intertwining tradition and experimentation.&nbsp;Through a compelling selection of texts by recognized and emerging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-books","category-uncategorised"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4736"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4747,"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4736\/revisions\/4747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}