Stephen Watt

From the 'Troubles' to Trumpism (eBook, ePUB)

Ireland and America, 1960-2023

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From the 'Troubles' to Trumpism: Ireland and America, 1960-2023 is a history inspired by contemporary Irish literature and also an op-ed that identifies parallels between the socio-economic causes of conflict in Northern Ireland and one possible outcome of Trumpism in contemporary America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781839992650
• Artikelnr.: 72285953

Autorenporträt

Stephen Watt is Provost Professor of English Emeritus and Former Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Preface: Dreams, Books and Overdetermination
Chapter 1: "No Irish Need Apply": From the Tenement to the White House
Provocation 1: Trumpism and Troubles: Climatic Censorship, Authoritarian Populism and the Religious Right
Chapter 2: The Long Road to Good Friday, I: From JFK to Jimmy Carter
Provocation 2: A "Careening Circus of Pratfall Embarrassments": Donald Trump in Ireland
Chapter 3: The Long Road to Good Friday, II: From Reagan to Clinton
Provocation 3: Imagined Communities and Historical Memory, Troubles Time and "Trump Time"
Chapter 4: Reading Our Troubles: Seamus Heaney and the Biden Presidency
Provocation 4: Dangerous Demagogues, Fictional and Otherwise
Conclusion: Victims and Martyrs, Troubles and Civil Wars
References
Index