| Young Irelands: Studies in Children's Literature Contributor(s): Thompson, Mary Shine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 184682141X ISBN-13: 9781846821417 Publisher: Four Courts Press OUR PRICE: $69.30 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2011 Annotation: "This, the fourth collection of studies in childrens literature, focusses on childrens literature in Ireland, beginning with Irish classics. Among those contributing articles are Valerie Coghlan, Marnie Hay, Sharon Murphy, Emer OSullivan, A.J. Piesse, Celia Keenan, Ciara N Bhroin and Mary Shine Thompson. Topics range from Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels to Maria Edgeworth; Oscar Wilde's fairytales to nationalist publications for the young in the early 20th century; Our Boys to James Joyces childrens book; Pangur Ban as a childrens poem; and Irish childrens books in translation." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Children's & Young Adult Literature - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820.992 |
| LCCN: 2012376333 |
| Series: Studies in Children 's Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.00 lbs) 198 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in this book - the fourth in the Studies in Children's Literature series - examine how various texts read by children since the 18th century reflect concepts of Irish national and/or imperial identity, and how they resist the empire and the nation's normative concepts. They also explore how non-Irish readers receive Irish children's books. The book's subject matter ranges from works by Jonathan Swift and Maria Edgeworth and the revivalist texts of the Tain to the translation of contemporary fiction and the reception of Padraic Colum's work in the United States. The book examines the resistant works of James Joyce and Oscar Wilde, Arthur Mee's Children's Encyclopedia, and the periodicals of Na Fianna and Our Boys. The book also addresses aspects of national identity in 20th-century and contemporary fiction. (Series: Studies in Children's Literature) *** "Overall, this is an important collection of essays, which highlights the complexities of Ireland's identity... Most importantly, it manages to fill gaps in recent criticism of Irish children's literature, particularly in relation to writings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries." - Irish Literary Supplement, Vol. 33, No. 1, Fall 2013 |