Writing the Irish Famine

Zusatztext a narrative of one of the most important and elusive events in Irish history Informationen zum Autor Amongst his publications are: `On Minor Literature' in The Internationalism of Irish Literature and Drama, ed Robert Welch (Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1992); The Hungry Voice: The Poetry of the Irish Famine, ed Morash (Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 1989). He has contributions forthcoming in: Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, ed. Welch; Blackwell's Companion to Irish Culture, ed. McCormack; main entry on Ireland World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre Vol. 1, Europe, ed. Rubin (Routledge); contributions to International Dictionary of Theatre Vol. II Playwrights, ed. Hawkins-Dady (St James's Press, 1994); `Making Memories: The Literature of the Famine' in The Irish World Wide: History, Heritage, Development Vol 6 The Meaning of the Famine, ed. O'Sullivan (Leicester UP). Zusammenfassung This work examines literary texts by writers such as William Carleton, Anthony Trollope and James Clarence Mangan and shows how they interact with histories, sermons and economic treatises to construct a narrative of the Irish famine, when more than one million Irish people died.

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• Authors: Chris Morash, Christopher Morash, Christopher (Lecturer in English Morash, Morash Christopher
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.1995
• EAN: 9780198182795
• ISBN: 978-0-19-818279-5
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Ireland, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Irish Gaelic, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Famine, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)