Small World: Ireland, 1798–2018

Conor McCarthy teaches intellectual history and English literature at Maynooth University, Ireland.&nbsp;His books include Modernisation, Crisis and Culture in Ireland 1969–1992&nbsp;(Four Courts Press, 2000) and (as co-editor)&nbsp;Enforcing Silence: Academic Freedom, Palestine and the Criticism of Israel&nbsp;(Zed/Bloomsbury, 2020).

Conor McCarthy

Relentless Erudition: On Seamus Deane’s “Small World: Ireland, 1798–2018”

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

Literary Criticism

Conor McCarthy teaches intellectual history and English literature at Maynooth University, Ireland.&nbsp;His books include Modernisation, Crisis and Culture in Ireland 1969–1992&nbsp;(Four Courts Press, 2000) and (as co-editor)&nbsp;Enforcing Silence: Academic Freedom, Palestine and the Criticism of Israel&nbsp;(Zed/Bloomsbury, 2020).