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Irish writing London Volume 2, Post-war to the present / edited by Tom Herron.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Bloomsbury Studies in the City
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- London (England)--In literature.
- London (England).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (172 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The presence of Irish writers is almost invisible in literary studies of London. The Irish Writing London redresses the critical deficit. A range of experts on particular Irish writers reflect on the diverse experiences and impact this immigrant group has had on the city. Such sustained attention to a location and concern of Irish writing, long passed over, opens up new terrain to not only reveal but create a history of Irish-London writing. Alongside discussions of MacNeice, Boland and McGahern, the autobiography of Brendan Behan and identity of Irish-language writers in London is considered.
- Contents:
- FC; Half title; Bloomsbury Studies in the City; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgement; Notes on Contributors; Timeline; Introduction: The London-Irish - Insiders/Outsiders; Tom Herron; 1 Gaelic London and London Gaels in Dónall Mac Amhlaigh's An Irish Navy; Jean-Philippe Hentz; 2 Borstal Boys and Cockney Chinas; Claire Lynch; 3 What She Lost and How: Eavan Boland's London Childhood; Lucy Collins; 4 Aliens: London in Irish Women's Writing; Heather Ingman; 5 Netherworld: London in John McGahern's Fiction; Grace Tighe Ledwidge; 6 Displaced Diaspora: From Deoraíocht to Kings
- Éadaoin Ní Mhuircheartaigh 7 Persistence of Memory: An Exegesis of Exile in I Could Read The Sky; Thomas O'Grady; 8 Troubled Tales: Short Stories about the Irish in 1970's London; Tony Murray; 9 Going Transmetropolitan in the County Hell: Shane MacGowan's Early London Lyrics; J. Greg Matthews; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-87432-6
- 1-4411-0554-9
- OCLC:
- 823721415
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