Christopher Dowd

The Construction of Irish Identity in American Literature (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the development of literary constructions of Irish-American identity from the mid-nineteenth century arrival of the Famine generation through the Great Depression. It goes beyond an analysis of negative Irish stereotypes and shows how Irish characters became the site of intense cultural debate regarding American identity, with some writers imagining Irishness to be the antithesis of Americanness, but others suggesting Irishness to be a path to Americanization. Dowd reestablishes the importance of Irish ethnicity to many characters that have come to be misread as generically white and shows how Irishness is integral to their stories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136902406
• Artikelnr.: 43073991

Autorenporträt

Chris Dowd is Assistant Professor of English at Missouri Southern State University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1: Staging Ireland in
America 2: "Sivilizing" Irish America 3: The Invisible Ethnicity 4:
Replacing the Immigrant Narrative Afterword: Huck Finn's People Notes
Bibliography Index