Of memory and the misplaced : Irish immigrant life writing in the United States / Sarah O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Brien, Sarah, 1981- author.

Series:

Irish culture, memory, place.

Irish Culture, Memory, Place Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Indiana University Press 2024

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

What can the life writing of post-famine Irish immigrants tell us about Irish diasporic memory? Of Memory and the Misplaced considers the endurance and nature of Irish American memory across the twentieth century. Guided by 30 memoirs written between 1900 and 1970, Sarah O'Brien shows the prevalence of intimate and taboo themes in ordinary immigrants' writing, such as domestic violence, same-sex love, and famine-induced trauma. Importantly, Of Memory and the Misplaced critiques the role of the Irish landscape as a site of memory and shows how the interiority of the domestic world has provided Irish women with the language needed to reclaim their own lives.Combining literary and historical theory, Of Memory and the Misplaced highlights voices that have traditionally been silenced and offers a rare and unexplored collection of primary source autobiographical texts to better understand the experiences of Irish immigrants in the United States.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Memory and the Irish in the United States

1. Social Frameworks of Memory

2. Irish American Memory Narratives

3. Life Writing and the Irish Immigrant

Part II: Life Writing

Note of Introduction

4. Edmond Ronayne's Memoir (1899-1900)

5. Mary Jane Hill Anderson's Memoir (1922)

6. Nora O'Connor's Memoir (1947)

7. Margaret McGuinness's Memoir (1973)

Part III: Narratives of Proximity

Abridged Memoirs

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (EBSCOhost, viewed on August 27, 2024).

ISBN:

9780253067890

0253067898

9780253067906

0253067901