Reading Irish-American Fiction

The Hyphenated Self
2006. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-349-53252-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 211 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

This book analyzes five novels, all published between 1989 and 1999, in which the main characters are 'hyphenated people': Americans who are ancestrally joined to, yet realistically separated from, the Irish. Hallissy explores why these characters think of themselves as Irish, though they have know little of Ireland or its people.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hallissy, M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: Connections and Separations Introduction: Irish Types, American Patterns What Americans Know and How They Know It: Song What Americans Know and How They Know It: Story 'Picture Postcard Ireland': Thomas Moran's The World I Made For Her Naming the Past: Lisa Carey's The Mermaids Singing The Pain of Not Knowing: Katherine Weber's The Music Lesson Bringing Paddies Over: Alice McDermott's Charming Billy The Rage of the Dying Animal: Mary Gordon's The Other Side Conclusion: The Journey Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

MARGARET HALLISSY is Professor of English, Long Island University, USA.