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Private histories : the writing of Irish-Americans, 1900-1935

Title
Private histories : the writing of Irish-Americans, 1900-1935 / by Ron Ebest.
Author
Ebest, Ron, 1956-
Publication
Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Description
xi, 319 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • American literature > History and criticism
  • American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Irish Americans > Intellectual life
  • Irish Americans in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-316) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Mary McCarthy's other life -- Ch. 1. Fathers : violent recourses -- Ch. 2. Mothers : "turned down hard I've been" -- Ch. 3. Daughters and sons : verbal massacre -- Ch. 4. Noel Coward and Mrs. Griffin -- Ch. 5. An innocent bystander of the western world -- Ch. 6. Septic origins -- Ch. 7. Craig's wife -- Ch. 8. Sad warped sisters and battling Berthas -- Ch. 9. Le Premier Pas -- Ch. 10. A joy and a study -- Ch. 11. Fences, goats, and vegetable gardens -- Ch. 12. Green thumb in the city -- Ch. 13. The fastest runner on Sixty-first Street -- Ch. 14. Three chairs for Mr. Murphy.
ISBN
  • 0268027714
  • 0268027722 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2005022323
OCLC
  • OCM61228678
  • SCSB-5218819
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries