Women and Exile in Contemporary Irish Fiction

By Ellen McWilliams

Book Overview

Women and Exile in Contemporary Irish Fiction examines how contemporary Irish authors have taken up the history of the Irish woman migrant. It situates these writers' work in relation to larger discourses of exile in the Irish literary tradition and examines how they engage with the complex history of Irish emigration.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349330787
• ISBN13: 9781349330782
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"