Rónán McDonald holds the Gerry Higgins Chair in Irish Studies at the University of Melbourne. Between 2010 and 2015 he held the Australian Ireland Fund Chair in Modern Irish Studies at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
He is widely published in Irish literary studies, with a particular interest in Irish modernism. He also has a research interest in approaches to literary value. His books include Tragedy and Irish Literature (2002), The Cambridge Introduction to Samuel Beckett (2007) and The Death of the Critic (2008). Recent edited collections include The Values of Literary Studies: Critical Institutions, Scholarly Agendas (Cambridge University Press, 2015) and Flann O’Brien and Modernism (2014). His next book is The Irish Revival and the Crisis of Value, which will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2019.
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ENGLISH: THE HISTORY OF A DISCIPLINE 1920-70
Research Grant
Irish Studies in Australia and New Zealand
Journal article
The Charisma of ‘The Second Coming’
Journal article
Books and the mass market: class, democracy and value
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Nietzsche's Crossings: Nihilism, Tragedy, Christianity
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FHEA - Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK)
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Gerry Higgins Chair In Irish Studies
Culture And Communication
President
Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand
Ordinary Member
Modern Languages Association (USA)
Education
Education
D.Phil in English
University of Oxford
Master of Studies (Research Methods)
University of Oxford
English
University College Dublin
English and Philosophy
University College Dublin