Modern literature

This chapter has eight sections: 1. General; 2. Pre-1945 Fiction; 3. Post-1945 Fiction; 4. Pre-1950 Drama; 5. Post-1950 Drama; 6. Pre-1950 Poetry; 7. Post-1950 Poetry; 8. Irish Poetry. Sections 1 and 7 are by John Brannigan; section 2(a) is by Andrew Radford; section 2(b) is by Chris Hopkins; section 2(c) is by Anne Fogarty; section 2(d) is by Andrew Harrison; section 2(e) is by Lisa Shahriari; section 3 is by Nick Bentley; section 4 is by Rebecca D’Monté; section 5 is by Aleks Sierz; section 6 is by Matthew Creasy; section 8 is by Justin Quinn