Irish expatriatism, language and literature : the problem of English / Michael O'Sullivan.
2018
PB1214
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Title
Irish expatriatism, language and literature : the problem of English / Michael O'Sullivan.
Author
O'Sullivan, Michael, author.
ISBN
9783319959009 (electronic book)
331995900X (electronic book)
9783319958996
3319958992
331995900X (electronic book)
9783319958996
3319958992
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Language
English
Description
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PB1214
Dewey Decimal Classification
491.62
Summary
This book examines how Irishness as national narrative is consistently understood 'from a distance'. Irish Presidents, critics, and media initiatives focus on how Irishness is a global resource chiefly informed by the experiences of an Irish diaspora predominantly working in English, while also reminding Irish people 'at home' that Irish is the 'national tongue'. In returning to some of Ireland's major expat writers and international diplomats, this book examines the economic reasons for their migration, the opportunities they gained by working abroad (sometimes for the British Empire), and their experiences of writing and governing in non-native English speaking communities such as China and Hong Kong. It argues that their concerns about belonging, loneliness, the desire to buy a place 'back home', and losing a language are shared by today's generation of social network expatriates.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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New directions in Irish and Irish American literature.
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