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

• Autore: Lynch Gay
• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 809
• Soggetto topico: Australian literature - History and criticism; Collective memory; Irish in literature; Emigration and immigration in literature; Intertextuality; Irish - Australia - Historiography
• Soggetto geografico: Galway (Ireland : County) Emigration and immigration; Australia Emigration and immigration
• 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...
• Titolo autorizzato: Apocryphal and literary influences on Galway diasporic history
• ISBN: 1-283-14183-3; 1-4438-2610-3; 9786613141835
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788432903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II