Irish American fiction from World War II to JFK : anxiety, assimilation, and activism / Beth O'Leary Anish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anish, Beth O'Leary.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Judith Greenblatt Endowment Fund.

Series:

New directions in Irish and Irish American literature

New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--Irish American authors--History and criticism.

American fiction.

American fiction--Irish American authors.

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: Memory, History, and the Shaping of the Irish American Present

Chapter 2 On why this book should and should not begin with Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Chapter 3 Edward McSorley and Irish America's Coming of Age

Chapter 4 A Community Deformed in Mary Doyle Curran's The Parish and the Hill

Chapter 5 Good Catholic Radicals : Harry Sylvester's Moon Gaffney and Irish American Catholicism at Mid-Century

Chapter 6 How the Other Half Lives: Ellin Berlins Lace Curtain

Chapter 7 John Steinbecks Irish Grandfather: Samuel Hamilton, East of Eden, and Post World War II Irish American Fiction

Chapter 8 The Last Hurrah for a Way of Life: The Private Side of Edwin OConnors Famous Novel

Conclusion - Communities in Jeopardy.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Judith Greenblatt Endowment Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Anish, Beth O'Leary, author. Irish American fiction from World War II to JFK

ISBN:

9783030831943

3030831949

Publisher Number:

99989363459

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.