Introduction

This volume presents thirteen articles characterized by diversity, multiple analyses from different perspectives, both in the literary field and in the historical one. It is, therefore, a miscellaneous collection that, however, offers common aspects, mainly derived from the application of cultural studies, postcolonial perspectives and other theoretical currents to literature. Several countries are represented in the studies compiled in this special issue of Oceánide. From Australia to the United States, taking in Spain and, in particular, Galicia. Most of the contributions included in this volumen, however, are devoted to Ireland and most, although not all, to the contemporary literature of this country.