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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780643703321

Titolo

Visions of the Irish dream [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Marguerite Quintelli-Neary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Pub., , 2009

ISBN

1-282-18988-3

9786612189883

1-4438-0397-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Quintelli-NearyMarguerite <1953->

Disciplina

820.99417

Soggetti

National characteristics, Irish, in literature

Irish literature - History and criticism

National characteristics, Irish

Ireland Emigration and immigration

United States Emigration and immigration

Canada Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Visions of the Irish Dream assembles essays that examine the elusive dream of the Irish and Irish Americans, looking at aspirations of 19th-century emigrants to Canada and the United States, political and educational goals of the Irish, historic trauma, contemporary xenophobia, and artists' renditions of "Irishness." Whether the dreams are fulfilled or deferred, they all strive to come to terms with what it means to be Irish; sometimes the definition involves bringing a piece of the old coun...