Envoy: A Review of Literature and Art and Post-War Irish Culture

Abstract

This thesis examines the Irish literary and visual art magazine Envoy: A Review of Literature and Art (1949-1951). It establishes the magazine as a key post-war site of transnational aspiration and activity at the beginning of a period of transition in Irish society toward greater international involvement and integration. The thesis argues that Envoy significantly contributed to the development of a range of cross-border, archipelagic, continental, and transatlantic connections and networks that variously stimulated, challenged, and ultimately expanded the dimensions of Irish cultural discourse and production.