The presence of Irish writers is almost invisible in literary studies of London. The Irish Writing London redresses the critical deficit. A range of experts on particular Irish writers reflect on the diverse experiences and impact this immigrant group has had on the city. Such sustained attention to a location and concern of Irish writing, long passed over, opens up new terrain to not only reveal but create a history of Irish-London writing.
Alongside discussions of MacNeice, Boland and McGahern, the autobiography of Brendan Behan and identity of Irish-language writers in London is considered. Written by an internal array of scholars, these new essays on key figures challenge the deep-seated stereotype of what constitutes the proper domain of Irish writing, producing a study that is both culturally and critically alert and a dynamic contribution to literary criticism of the city.
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Table of contents
- FC
- Bloomsbury Studies in the City
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgement
- Notes on Contributors
- Timeline
- Introduction: The London-Irish â Insiders/Outsiders Tom Herron
- 1 Gaelic London and London Gaels in DĂłnall Mac Amhlaighâs An Irish Navvy Jean-Philippe Hentz
- 2 Borstal Boys and Cockney Chinas Claire Lynch
- 3 What She Lost and How: Eavan Bolandâs London Childhood Lucy Collins
- 4 Aliens: London in Irish Womenâs Writing Heather Ingman
- 5 Netherworld: London in John McGahernâs Fiction Grace Tighe Ledwidge
- 6 Displaced Diaspora: From DeoraĂocht to Kings Ăadaoin NĂ Mhuircheartaigh
- 7 Persistence of Memory: An Exegesis of Exile in I Could Read The Sky Thomas OâGrady
- 8 Troubled Tales: Short Stories about the Irish in 1970s London Tony Murray
- 9 Going Transmetropolitan in the County Hell: Shane MacGowanâs Early London Lyrics J. Greg Matthews
- Bibliography
- Index
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