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IRISH AUTOBIOGRAPHY - CLAIRE LYNCH KARTONIERT (TB)

Ireland has passed through numerous identity crises in the last century  keeping the meaning of
Irishness in constant flux. This book explores how diverse writers have positioned their life
stories within the wider narrative of the nation's development. Examining the wealth of
autobiographical texts written by Irish writers in the twentieth century  including W.B. Yeats
Tomás O'Crohan  Frank O'Connor  Brendan Behan  Frank McCourt and Nuala O'Faolain  the study
highlights the plurality of Irish identity and the main characteristics which typify the genre
of Irish autobiography. In charting the social and cultural history of Ireland through the
first-hand accounts of the country's most celebrated writers  the author also identifies
important overlaps between fiction and memory  finds intersections with folklore and the short
story  and draws out relationships within and between texts. The book repositions the important
and often overlooked genre of Irish autobiography by highlighting its importance within both
Irish Studies and the field of Autobiography and by opening up the ways in which lives can be
written and read.

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