Apocryphal and literary influences on Galway diasporic history / by Gay Lynch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lynch, Gay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lynch, Gay. Unsettled.

Lynch, Gay.

Lynch family.

Australian literature--History and criticism.

Australian literature.

Collective memory.

Irish in literature.

Emigration and immigration in literature.

Intertextuality.

Irish--Australia--Historiography.

Irish.

Galway (Ireland : County)--Emigration and immigration.

Galway (Ireland : County).

Australia--Emigration and immigration.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Apocryphal and Literary Influences in Galway Disaporic History establishes that apocryphal stories, in all their transformations, contribute to collective memory. Common characteristics frame their analysis: irreducible and enduring elements, often embedded in archetypal drama; lack of historical verification; establishment in collective memory; revivals after periods of dormancy; subjection to political and economic manipulation; implicit speculation; and literary transformations. This book...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; SUMMARY; EXPLANATORY NOTES; EPIGRAPH; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; APPENDIX E; APPENDIX F; APPENDIX G; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX

Notes:

A critical examination of the author's novel, Unsettled, in the context of other apocryphal stories about the Irish in Australia.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-14183-3

1-4438-2610-3

9786613141835

OCLC:

823720652