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Visions of the Irish dream / edited by Marguerite Quintelli-Neary.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National characteristics, Irish, in literature.
- Irish literature--History and criticism.
- Irish literature.
- National characteristics, Irish.
- Ireland--Emigration and immigration.
- Ireland.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- United States.
- Canada--Emigration and immigration.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Libros electrónicos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Visions of the Irish Dream assembles essays that examine the elusive dream of the Irish and Irish Americans, looking at aspirations of 19th-century emigrants to Canada and the United States, political and educational goals of the Irish, historic trauma, contemporary xenophobia, and artists' renditions of "Irishness." Whether the dreams are fulfilled or deferred, they all strive to come to terms with what it means to be Irish; sometimes the definition involves bringing a piece of the old coun...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-18988-3
- 9786612189883
- 1-4438-0397-9
- OCLC:
- 432428742
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