01862nam a2200337Ia 4500 ebr10135698 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 050713s2006 nyu sb 001 0 eng d 2005051333 1403983275 1403970904 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)560469871 PS153.I78 H35 2006eb 813.009/89165 22 Hallissy, Margaret. Reading Irish-American fiction [electronic resource] : the hyphenated self / by Margaret Hallissy. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2006. 211 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. American fiction Irish-American authors History and criticism. Irish Americans Intellectual life. Irish Americans in literature. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10135698 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 86990 86990