Prof Emer Nolan

    English

    Professor

    Iontas Building
    (01) 7083808

    Biography

    Emer Nolan was educated at University College Dublin and the University of Cambridge. Her main teaching and research interests lie in the fields of Irish writing (especially fiction), modernism, and literary/cultural theory. In addition to a wide range of essays and reviews, her publications include James Joyce and Nationalism (Routledge, 1995). She is also the author of Catholic Emancipations: Irish Fiction from Thomas Moore to James Joyce (Syracuse University Press, 2007), as well as the editor in 2008 of a Field Day edition of Thomas Moore's satirical history of Ireland from 1824, Memoirs of Captain Rock.  Five Irish Women: The Second Republic, 1960-2016 was published in 2019 by Manchester University Press.  

    Research Interests

    Irish Studies, Modernism, Nineteenth-century Irish Fiction, Twentieth-century Irish Women's Writing

    Book Chapters

      Year Publication
    2022 'Irish Nationalism'
    Emer Nolan (2022) 'Irish Nationalism' In: The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-century Literature and Politics, eds. R. Potter and C. Hadiyannis. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge U.P. [Details]
    2018 'Joyce as Cultural Critic'
    Emer Nolan (2018) 'Joyce as Cultural Critic' In: Katherine Ebury and James Fraser (eds). Joyce's Non-Fiction eds Ebury and Fraser. London: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]
    2014 'Joyce and the Mutations of the Modernist Novel'
    Emer Nolan (2014) 'Joyce and the Mutations of the Modernist Novel' In: Joe Cleary (eds). The Cambridge Companion to Irish Modernism ed Cleary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
    2013 'Joyce and the Nineteenth-century Irish Novel'
    Emer Nolan (2013) 'Joyce and the Nineteenth-century Irish Novel' In: John Nash (eds). Joyce in the Nineteenth Century ed Nash. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
    2013 'The Ghosts of Thomas Moore'
    Emer Nolan (2013) 'The Ghosts of Thomas Moore' In: F. Benatti, S. Ryder and J. Tonra (eds). Thomas Moore: Texts, Contexts, Hypertexts. Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details]
    2005 'John Banim and the Historical Novel'
    Emer Nolan (2005) 'John Banim and the Historical Novel' In: The Irish Novel in the Nineteenth Century ed J. Belanger. Dublin: Four Courts. [Details]
    2005 'The Irish Revival and Irish Modernism'
    Emer Nolan (2005) 'The Irish Revival and Irish Modernism' In: The Cambridge Companion to Modern Irish Culture eds Cleary and Connolly. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
    2004 '“Ulysses, Narrative and History”'
    Emer Nolan (2004) '“Ulysses, Narrative and History”' In: Ulysses: A Casebook ed Attridge. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]
    2003 '“Portrait of an Aesthete”'
    Emer Nolan (2003) '“Portrait of an Aesthete”' In: Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: A Casebook. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]
    2000 'State of the Art: Joyce and Postcolonialism'
    Emer Nolan (2000) 'State of the Art: Joyce and Postcolonialism' In: Semicolonial Joyce eds Attridge and Howes. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press. [Details]

    Books

      Year Publication
    2019 Five Irish Women: The Second Republic.
    Emer Nolan (2019) Five Irish Women: The Second Republic. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details]
    2007 Catholic Emancipations.
    Emer Nolan (2007) Catholic Emancipations. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. [Details]
    1995 Joyce and Nationalism.
    Emer Nolan (1995) Joyce and Nationalism. London: Routledge. [Details]

    Edited Books

      Year Publication
    2008 Thomas Moore, The Memoirs of Captain Rock
    Emer Nolan (Ed.). (2008) Thomas Moore, The Memoirs of Captain Rock Dublin: Field Day. [Details]

    Peer Reviewed Journals

      Year Publication
    2013 'Introduction: Ideas and Institutions after the Crash'
    Emer Nolan (with Michael G Cronin) (2013) 'Introduction: Ideas and Institutions after the Crash'. The Irish Review, (64):1-3 [Details]
    2010 'Sinead O'Connor: the story of a voice'
    Emer Nolan (2010) 'Sinead O'Connor: the story of a voice'. Field Day Review, 6 :53-68 [Details]
    2010 '“The Tommy Moore Touch: Ireland and Modernity in Joyce and Moore'
    Emer Nolan (2010) '“The Tommy Moore Touch: Ireland and Modernity in Joyce and Moore'. Dublin James Joyce Journal, 2 :64-77 [Details]
    2007 '“Postcolonial Literary Studies, Nationalism and Feminist Critique in Contemporary Ireland”'
    Emer Nolan (2007) '“Postcolonial Literary Studies, Nationalism and Feminist Critique in Contemporary Ireland”'. Eire-Ireland, 42 (1-2):336-361 [Details]
    2006 '“Irish Melodies and Discordant Politics: Thomas Moore’s Memoirs of Captain Rock”'
    Emer Nolan (2006) '“Irish Melodies and Discordant Politics: Thomas Moore’s Memoirs of Captain Rock”'. Field Day Review, (2):40-53 [Details]
    1998 '“Swift: the patriot game”'
    Emer Nolan (1998) '“Swift: the patriot game”'. BRITISH JOURNAL FOR EIGHTEENTH CENTURY STUDIES, 21 (1):39-53 [Details]

    Other Journals

      Year Publication
    2021 'Witness to Revival: Mary Colum, 1884-1957'
    Emer Nolan (2021) 'Witness to Revival: Mary Colum, 1884-1957' Dublin Review of Books (online), . [Details]
    2019 'George Eliot at 200'
    Emer Nolan (2019) 'George Eliot at 200' Dublin Review of Books (online), . [Details]

    Newspaper Articles

      Year Publication
    2022 Irish culture's remarkable response to political turmoil from 1891 to 1922, in Irish Times.
    Emer Nolan (2022) Irish culture's remarkable response to political turmoil from 1891 to 1922, in Irish Times. Newspaper Articles [Details]
    2019 Sister Ireland, in Irish Times (online).
    Emer Nolan (2019) Sister Ireland, in Irish Times (online). Newspaper Articles [Details]

    Book Review

      Year Publication
    2022 Review of Terry Eagleton, Critical Revolutionaries, in Society magazine.
    Emer Nolan (2022) Review of Terry Eagleton, Critical Revolutionaries, in Society magazine. Book Review [Details]
    2022 James Joyce's Ulysses at 100, in Times Literary Supplement.
    Emer Nolan (2022) James Joyce's Ulysses at 100, in Times Literary Supplement. Book Review [Details]
    2021 Review of The Letters of John McGahern, Times Literary Supplement.
    Emer Nolan (2021) Review of The Letters of John McGahern, Times Literary Supplement. Book Review [Details]
    2020 Review of Falci and Reynolds eds, Irish Literature in Transition, 1980-2020, Dublin Review of Books (online).
    Emer Nolan (2020) Review of Falci and Reynolds eds, Irish Literature in Transition, 1980-2020, Dublin Review of Books (online). Book Review [Details]
    2019 Review of Harte ed, Cambridge History of irish Autobiography, James Joyce Quarterly.
    Emer Nolan (2019) Review of Harte ed, Cambridge History of irish Autobiography, James Joyce Quarterly. Book Review [Details]
    2018 Review of Patrick O'Malley, Liffey and Lethe, Irish Literary Supplement.
    Emer Nolan (2018) Review of Patrick O'Malley, Liffey and Lethe, Irish Literary Supplement. Book Review [Details]

    Discussion

      Year Publication
    2019 Joyce's Grave, RTE News at One.
    Emer Nolan (2019) Joyce's Grave, RTE News at One. Discussion [Details]
    2017 Interview about Thomas Moore on Great British Train Journeys Goes to Ireland BBC TV.
    Emer Nolan (2017) Interview about Thomas Moore on Great British Train Journeys Goes to Ireland BBC TV. Discussion [Details]

    Podcast

      Year Publication
    2021 Discussion of John McGahern on the TLS podcast.
    Emer Nolan (2021) Discussion of John McGahern on the TLS podcast. Podcast [Details]

    Education

      Year Institution Qualification Subject
    1991 University of Cambridge PhD
    1986 University College Dublin BA First Class
    1987 University College Dublin MA First Class