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E-book
Author O'Sullivan, Keith

Title Irish Children's Literature and Culture : New Perspectives on Contemporary Writing
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (228 pages)
Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One: Mythologizing Ireland; Chapter Two: Borderlands: Dead Bog and Living Landscape; Chapter Three: Cleaning up the Mess? The Child and Nation in Historical Fiction Set between 1890 and 1922; Chapter Four: 'What Foot Does He Dig With?' Inscriptions of Religious and Cultural Identity; Chapter Five: Young Adult Fiction and Youth Culture; Chapter Six: Fictionalizing Families; Chapter Seven: 'Binding with Briars': Romanticizing the Child
Summary What constitutes a 'national literature' is rarely straightforward, and it is especially complex when discussing writing for young people in an Irish context. Until recently, there was only a slight body of work that could be classified as 'Irish children's literature' (whatever the parameters) in comparison with Ireland's contribution to adult literature in the twentieth century. This volume looks critically at Irish writing for children from the 1980s to the present, examining the work of many writers and illustrators and engaging with all the major forms and genres. Topics include the gothi
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Subject Children -- Books and reading -- Ireland
Children's literature, English -- History and criticism
English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism
Ireland -- In literature
Children -- Books and reading
Children's literature, English
English literature -- Irish authors
Ireland
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Coghlan, Valerie
ISBN 9780203830833
0203830830