Reading Irish-American fiction : the hyphenated self / / by Margaret Hallissy.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Hallissy, Margaret.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 211 p.

Table of Contents

• Preface : connections and separations
• Introduction : Irish types, American patterns
• 1. What Americans know and how they know it : song
• 2. What Americans know and how they know it : story
• 3. "Picture postcard Ireland" : Thomas Moran's The world I made for her
• 4. Naming the past : Lisa Carey's The mermaids singing
• 5. The pain of not knowing : Katharine Weber's The music lesson
• 6. Bringing paddies over : Alice McDermott's Charming Billy
• 7. The rage of the dying animal : Mary Gordon's The other side
• Conclusion : the journey.