Visions of the Irish dream / / edited by Marguerite Quintelli-Neary

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009; Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Pub., , 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.99417
• Soggetto topico: National characteristics, Irish, in literature; Irish literature - History and criticism; National characteristics, Irish
• Soggetto geografico: Ireland Emigration and immigration; United States Emigration and immigration; Canada Emigration and immigration
• Altri autori: Quintelli-NearyMarguerite <1953->
• 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...
• Titolo autorizzato: Visions of the Irish dream
• ISBN: 1-282-18988-3; 9786612189883; 1-4438-0397-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822637103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II