Of memory and the misplaced : Irish immigrant life writing in the United States / Sarah O'Brien.
"What can the life writing of post-famine Irish immigrants tell us about Irish diasporic memory? Of Memory and the Misplaced draws from the writing of previously unknown immigrants to contest conventional narratives about the Irish in North America. Analyzing over 30 memoirs written between 190...
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| Other title: | Irish immigrant life writing in the United States Irish immigrant life writing in the US |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press,
[2023]
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| Series: | Irish culture, memory, and place.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Memory and the Irish in the United States. Social frameworks of memory
- Irish American memory narratives
- Life writing and the Irish immigrant
- Part II. Life writing. Note of introduction
- Edmond Ronayne's memoir (1899-1900)
- Mary Jane Hill Anderson's memoir (1922)
- Nora O'Connor's memoir (1947)
- Margaret McGuinness's memoir (1973)
- Part III. Narratives of proximity. Note of introduction
- Abridged memoirs