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Author Whyte, Padraic

Title Irish Childhoods : Children's Fiction and Irish History
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011

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Description 1 online resource (210 pages)
Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; PART II; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; PART III; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; AFTERWORD; FILMOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary While much has been written about Irish culture's apparent obsession with the past and with representing childhood, few critics have explored in detail the position of children's fiction within such discourses. This book serves to redress these imbalances, illuminating both the manner in which children's texts engage with complex cultural discourses in contemporary Ireland and the significant contribution that children's novels and films can make to broader debates concerning Irish identity a ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Children's literature, Irish -- History and criticism
Children's literature, Irish -- 20th century
Children's literature, Irish -- 21st century
Children's literature, Irish -- Themes, motives
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Children's literature, Irish
SUBJECT Ireland -- History -- Juvenile literature
Subject Ireland
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Juvenile works
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781443830959
144383095X