Embodied Pasts and Precarious Futures: Somatic Storytelling in Trespasses (2022) and Close to Home (2023)
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Book Chapter
Magennis, C. (in press). Embodied Pasts and Precarious Futures: Somatic Storytelling in Trespasses (2022) and Close to Home (2023). In Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Irish Fiction. Routledge
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Things don’t seem right: The Affective and Institutional Politics of Writing about the North of Ireland from the North of England (2023)
Book Chapter
Magennis, C. (2023). Things don’t seem right: The Affective and Institutional Politics of Writing about the North of Ireland from the North of England. In The Routledge Handbook of the Northern Ireland Conflict and Peace. Routledge
Sex and violence in Northern Irish women’s fiction (2020)
Book Chapter
Magennis, C. (2020). Sex and violence in Northern Irish women’s fiction. In L. Harte (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Irish Fiction (335-350). Oxford University Press
Northern Irish fiction (2018)
Book Chapter
Magennis, C. (2018). Northern Irish fiction. In D. O'Gorman, & R. Eaglestone (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Literary Fiction (190-198). Routledge (Taylor & Francis). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315880235-18The period following the Good Friday Agreement has seen a marked increase in fiction, particularly collections of short stories, by women. This writing extends and develops the tradition of Northern Irish women’s writing which, since the inception of... Read More about Northern Irish fiction.
Fiction from Northern Ireland, 1921-2015 (2018)
Book Chapter
Magennis, C. (2018). Fiction from Northern Ireland, 1921-2015. In C. O'Gallchoir, & H. Ingman (Eds.), A History of Modern Irish Women’s Literature (365-382). Cambridge University Press (CUP)
“That’s not so comfortable for you, is it?’ : the spectre of misogyny in The Fall (2016)
Book Chapter
Magennis, C. (2016). “That’s not so comfortable for you, is it?’ : the spectre of misogyny in The Fall. In F. Dillane, N. McAreavey, & E. Pine (Eds.), The Body in Pain in Irish Culture (217-234). Palgrave
'My narrative falters, as it must' : rethinking memory in recent Northern Irish fiction (2016)
Book Chapter
Magennis, C. (2016). 'My narrative falters, as it must' : rethinking memory in recent Northern Irish fiction. In C. Andrews, & M. McGuire (Eds.), Post-Conflict Literature: Human Rights, Peace, Justice (43-55). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315689746This chapter explores Nadine Gordimer's profound commitment to change and transformation in South Africa. Aware of the profound impact of colonialism and racism on all South Africans, she used her position as a white South African writer, to bear wit... Read More about 'My narrative falters, as it must' : rethinking memory in recent Northern Irish fiction.