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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788432903321

Autore

Lynch Gay

Titolo

Apocryphal and literary influences on Galway diasporic history [[electronic resource] /] / by Gay Lynch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2010

ISBN

1-283-14183-3

1-4438-2610-3

9786613141835

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

809

Soggetti

Australian literature - History and criticism

Collective memory

Irish in literature

Emigration and immigration in literature

Intertextuality

Irish - Australia - Historiography

Galway (Ireland : County) Emigration and immigration

Australia Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A critical examination of the author's novel, Unsettled, in the context of other apocryphal stories about the Irish in Australia.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; SUMMARY; EXPLANATORY NOTES; EPIGRAPH; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; APPENDIX E; APPENDIX F; APPENDIX G; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Apocryphal and Literary Influences in Galway Disaporic History establishes that apocryphal stories, in all their transformations, contribute to collective memory. Common characteristics frame their analysis: irreducible and enduring elements, often embedded in archetypal drama; lack of historical verification; establishment in collective memory; revivals after periods of dormancy; subjection to political and economic manipulation; implicit speculation; and literary transformations. This book...