Irish Women Writers An Uncharted Tradition.

By:

Weekes, Ann Owens, 1941- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813150550

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PR8733 .I757 1990

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Contents:

Subject: From the legendary poet Oisin to modernist masters like James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, and Samuel Beckett, Ireland's literary tradition has made its mark on the Western canon. Despite its proud tradition, the student who searches the shelves for works on Irish women's fiction is liabel to feel much as Virginia Woolf did when she searched the British Museum for work on women by women. Critic Nuala O'Faolain, when confronted with this disparity, suggested that ""modern Irish literature is dominated by men so brilliant in their misanthropy... [that] the self-respect of Irish women is radicall.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	PR8733 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn900344390

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Seeking a Tradition: Irish Women's Fiction; 2. Maria Edgeworth: Domestic Saga; 3. Somerville and Ross: Ignoble Tragedy; 4. Elizabeth Bowen: Out of Eden; 5. Kate O'Brien: Family in the New Nation; 6. Mary Lavin: Textual Gardens; 7. Molly Keane: Bildungsromane Quenelles; 8. Julia O'Faolain: The Imaginative Crucible; Illustrations; 9. Jennifer Johnston: From Gortnaree to Knappogue; 10. Irish Women Writers: The Experience of the Mass; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y

From the legendary poet Oisin to modernist masters like James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, and Samuel Beckett, Ireland's literary tradition has made its mark on the Western canon. Despite its proud tradition, the student who searches the shelves for works on Irish women's fiction is liabel to feel much as Virginia Woolf did when she searched the British Museum for work on women by women. Critic Nuala O'Faolain, when confronted with this disparity, suggested that ""modern Irish literature is dominated by men so brilliant in their misanthropy... [that] the self-respect of Irish women is radicall.

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