In the following review, Devlin evaluates the narrative structure and style of Reading in the Dark, indicating the relation between stories and reality.
From the moment on the opening page of Readi...
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In the following review, Eagleton concentrates on the public appeal of Deane's fictional rendering of personal memories in Reading in the Dark.
A colonial culture is a culture of secrecy. Se...
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In the following review, O'Faolain identifies the narrative value of folktales in Reading in the Dark as compromising the novel's realism.
This first novel by the poet Seamus Deane ha...
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In the following review, Hand connects the narrative perspective of Reading in the Dark to aspects of Deane's critical career.
It is inevitable that a first novel by an author with a well es...
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In the following review, Humphreys summarizes the theme and plot of Reading in the Dark, praising the characterizations and "animated" descriptions of inanimate objects.
Two memories ...
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In the following review, Eder comments on the function of family secrets in Reading in the Dark, highlighting the thematic significance of pivotal scenes.
It begins, puzzlingly, with a series of di...
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In the following review, Boyers traces the development of betrayal as the central theme of Reading in the Dark, explicating narrative implications about the political character of Northern Ireland.
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In the following review, McGonigle commends the narration of Reading in the Dark.
The North, Northern Ireland, Ulster, The Six Counties. How you name that part of Ireland that is part of the United...
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In the following review, Conlon compares the autobiographical elements of Reading in the Dark to those of Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, finding Deane's novel representative of a...
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In the following review, Deignan considers the thematic relations of the title of Reading in the Dark, noting the influence of Deane's poetic skills on his narrative technique.
Set in post-W...
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In the following review, Flanagan establishes the literary and cultural contexts of Reading in the Dark, comparing the novel to James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and providi...
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Teaching Reading in the Dark
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Reading in the Dark Lesson Plans contain 115 pages of teaching material, including:
Critical Review by Anne Devlin
