‘… that great swollen belly’: the abject maternal in some recent Northern Irish fiction
(2010)
Journal Article
Magennis, C. (2010). ‘… that great swollen belly’: the abject maternal in some recent Northern Irish fiction. Irish Studies Review, 18(1), 91-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670880903541782
This essay will consider the representation of the maternal in some contemporary Northern Irish fiction written by men. It will examine, using feminist theories of embodiment and subjectivity, the power of the maternal image in Irish literary and cri... Read More about ‘… that great swollen belly’: the abject maternal in some recent Northern Irish fiction.