The writings of Tomas O\u27Crohan in the early twentieth century were celebrated upon publication as icons of Irishness and the voice of the mysterious Gaeltacht expressing itself at last and just in time. Appearing at a sensitive time in Irish history, the reading of these texts as relics of an heroic Irish past nourished hopes of a brave Irish future. Their English translations, though received no less enthusiastically, have often been dismissed as imperfect and undesirable conduits to the author. Informed by the basic theme of dialogue, this thesis examines the politics of culture that brought the Islandman, man and book, into being, and that have surrounded the texts since they first appeared. It considers both the autobiography itself ...
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Seamus Heaney's need to declare poetic independence comes primarily from his Ulster heritage, an Iri...
In the 1980s, Field Day brought together some of the most important names in Irish artistic life—Bri...
The paper addresses Tomás O’Crohan’s The Islandman (1929) as a representative of Irish native autobi...
After an overview of the literature written in the Irish language, this thesis analyzes the English ...
Starting with an analysis of the dominant concerns of O'Nolan criticism in Chapter 1, the thesis arg...
This dissertation investigates the work of Irish novelist and journalist Flann O’Brien/Myles na Gopa...
Journeys abound in modern and contemporary Irish-language writing, whether the focus of the narrati...
Defence date: 27 January 2004Examining board: Prof. Luisa Passerini, Kulturwissenschaftliches Instit...
This thesis is an attempt to account for autobiography as a highly prevalent form in twentieth centu...
The problem of cultural identity is a crucial element of both social and individual descriptions of ...
Gaelic autobiographies: a return to the Blasket islands without nostalgia Ciaran Ross In this artic...
In Galicia, translation slowly emerged as part of a cultural program during the 1920s, primarily thr...
Over the last decades translation studies have increasingly focused on the central role of translati...
Travellers, a traditionally nomadic people indigenous to Ireland, have suffered marginalization and ...
Translating Italy.Notes on Irish Poets Reading Italian Poetry During the last few years, literary t...
Seamus Heaney's need to declare poetic independence comes primarily from his Ulster heritage, an Iri...
In the 1980s, Field Day brought together some of the most important names in Irish artistic life—Bri...
The paper addresses Tomás O’Crohan’s The Islandman (1929) as a representative of Irish native autobi...
After an overview of the literature written in the Irish language, this thesis analyzes the English ...
Starting with an analysis of the dominant concerns of O'Nolan criticism in Chapter 1, the thesis arg...
This dissertation investigates the work of Irish novelist and journalist Flann O’Brien/Myles na Gopa...
Journeys abound in modern and contemporary Irish-language writing, whether the focus of the narrati...
Defence date: 27 January 2004Examining board: Prof. Luisa Passerini, Kulturwissenschaftliches Instit...
This thesis is an attempt to account for autobiography as a highly prevalent form in twentieth centu...
The problem of cultural identity is a crucial element of both social and individual descriptions of ...
Gaelic autobiographies: a return to the Blasket islands without nostalgia Ciaran Ross In this artic...
In Galicia, translation slowly emerged as part of a cultural program during the 1920s, primarily thr...
Over the last decades translation studies have increasingly focused on the central role of translati...
Travellers, a traditionally nomadic people indigenous to Ireland, have suffered marginalization and ...
Translating Italy.Notes on Irish Poets Reading Italian Poetry During the last few years, literary t...
Seamus Heaney's need to declare poetic independence comes primarily from his Ulster heritage, an Iri...
In the 1980s, Field Day brought together some of the most important names in Irish artistic life—Bri...