TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hallissy,Margaret
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Reading Irish-American fiction: the hyphenated self 
AV  - PS153.I78 H35 2006eb
U1  - 813.009/89165 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - American fiction
KW  - Irish-American authors
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Irish Americans
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Irish Americans in literature
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10135698
ER  -