Reading Irish-American Fiction: The Hyphenated Self

Reading Irish-American Fiction: The Hyphenated Self
ISBN-10
1403983275
ISBN-13
9781403983275
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
211
Language
English
Published
2006-03-01
Publisher
Springer
Author
M. Hallissy

Description

This book analyzes five novels, all published between 1989 and 1999, in which the main characters are 'hyphenated people': Americans who are ancestrally joined to, yet realistically separated from, the Irish. Hallissy explores why these characters think of themselves as Irish, though they have know little of Ireland or its people.

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