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Selected Twentieth Century Anglo-Irish Autobiographies

Theory and Patterns of Self-Representation

by Johannes Reinhard Wally (Author)
©2004 Thesis 196 Pages

Summary

For the Anglo-Irish community, the establishment of the Irish Free State after a sequence of wars was a collectively traumatic experience. This book traces the personal conflicts and ideological positions of this class as they unfold in a wide range of autobiographies. The study analyses the texts against broad cultural and literary contexts and shows what strategies authors use in order to construct their public personae. Moreover, it provides an up-to-date guideline for the main assumptions of autobiographical theory, with a special focus on the Anglo-Irish subform.

Details

Pages
196
Publication Year
2004
ISBN (Softcover)
9783631516058
Language
English
Keywords
Geschichte 1900-2001 Edwardian England Englisch Autobiographie Geschichte (Motiv) Irland Yeats, W B Leslie, Shane Anglo-Irish Ascendancy Ireland Victorian England Anglo-Irish Culture
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2004. 196 pp.

Biographical notes

Johannes Reinhard Wally (Author)

The Author: Johannes R. Wally was born in Vienna in 1978. He studied English and German Literature and Linguistics in Vienna, Edinburgh and Dublin. He has been awarded several scholarships and a prize on the basis of his academic achievements.

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Title: Selected Twentieth Century Anglo-Irish Autobiographies