01862nam a2200337Ia 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020001500112020002800127040002100155035002100176050002600197082002200223100002400245245010600269260004400375300001100419504005100430505055800481533015201039650006901191650004001260650003501300655002901335710001701364856012601381999001701507ebr10135698CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||050713s2006    nyu     sb    001 0 eng d  z  2005051333  z1403983275  z1403970904 (alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)56046987114aPS153.I78bH35 2006eb04a813.009/891652221 aHallissy, Margaret.10aReading Irish-American fictionh[electronic resource] :bthe hyphenated self /cby Margaret Hallissy.  aNew York :bPalgrave Macmillan,cc2006.  a211 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aPreface : 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2009.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aAmerican fictionxIrish-American authorsxHistory and criticism. 0aIrish AmericansxIntellectual life. 0aIrish Americans in literature. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10135698zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c86990d86990