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At the periphery of both North and South, the border was a site beyond control that offered a physical and imaginative space for non­conformity and challenge. Partition divided two antagonistic 'peoples', but it also united individuals incapable of or unwilling to take a place within the hegemony of the nation-state. This study sets out to understand the impact of the border on the cultural development of the two states it came into being alongside. Through a close reading of Irish fiction, published since 1969, I will propose that the border has had, and continues to have, a significant influence on Irish writing. This, I will argue, is most clearly seen in the tendency of border fictions to reject standards of narrative development and to end in ambiguity and failure.","abstract_html":"Partition was a colonial imposition that facilitated the creation of two inward looking monocultures on the island ofireland. 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Through a close reading of Irish fiction, published since 1969, I will propose that the border has had, and continues to have, a significant influence on Irish writing. 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