The Eloquent Reticence of Eugene McCabe: a farmer who writes…a writer who farms
| Annual Bishop Neil Willard Lecture by Dr. Eóin Flannery, 2022 O’Brien Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies. Friday, November 18 at 7:00 pm, 1455 de Maisonneuve West, Room H 1001.01 (McEntee Reading Room, 10th floor) Dr. Flannery’s research interests include ecocriticism; Celtic Tiger writing; cultural theory; postmodern and postcolonial literature and theory; the Gothic; visual cultures; and Irish poetry and prose. He has published widely on these topics including Form, Affect and Debt in Post-Celtic Tiger Fiction (Bloomsbury, 2022) and Ireland and Ecocriticism: Literature, History and Environmental Justice (Routledge, 2016). Among other publications, he currently has another two monographs in preparation: Sounding the Contemporary: Ecocritical readings of Twenty-First Century British and Irish Poetry and Environments on the Edge: Ecology, Colonialism, and Identities in Contemporary Fiction. Dr. Flannery is currently teaching Contemporary Irish Literature and Irish Ecocritical Writing at Concordia University. Important note: Given the ongoing public health situation and configuration of the School entrance and McEntee Room, attendees must register at Eventbrite (see link below) and seating will be limited. All attendees are strongly encouraged to wear a mask. Hand sanitizer and procedural masks will be provided for all. |
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