Research
My recent and current research activities focus on both and representations of violence in Irish literature -- specifically novels devoted to the Easter Rising of 1916. I am interested in how a traumatic and significant historical events that involved violence comes to be presented in narrative: narrative that is also concerned with issues of national identity and masculinity.
Below are links to some of my publications that showcase these interests.
"Offshore Rig" (co-author, Dr. Fiona Polack) in
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