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Author Butler, Stephen G., author.

Title Irish writers in the Irish American press, 1882-1964 / Stephen G. Butler.

Publication Info. Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 217 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Literary anthologies feature many of Ireland's most well-known authors, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge, George Bernard Shaw, Seán O'Casey, James Joyce, and Brendan Behan among them. While a number of notable scholars have contended that middle-class Irish Americans rejected or ignored this rebellious group of poets, playwrights, and novelists in favor of a conservative Catholic subculture brought over with the mass migration of the mid-nineteenth century, Stephen G. Butler demonstrates that the transatlantic relationship between these figures and a segment of Irish American journalists and citizens is more complicated--and sometimes more collaborative--than previously acknowledged. Irish Writers in the Irish American Press spans the period from Oscar Wilde's 1882 American lecture tour to the months following JFK's assassination and covers the century in which Irish American identity was shaped by immigration, religion, politics, and economic advancement. Through a close engagement with Irish American periodicals, Butler offers a more nuanced understanding of the connections between Irish literary studies and Irish American culture during this period" -- Provided by publisher.
Contents Introduction -- An audience of some importance -- "Speranza's son" -- Irish America dismisses Oscar Wilde, 1882 -- The celt in America -- William Butler Yeats's mission to the new island, 1887-1904 -- "No end of a row" -- The national theatre in the shadow of Synge, 1903-1909 -- "Weary of misrepresentation" -- Reconsidering the Irish American reception of the Abbey playwrights, 1911-1913 -- Meet the new gossoon, same as the old gossoon -- The Abbey playwrights in Irish America, 1931-1939 -- Through a bowl of bitter tears, darkly -- James Joyce and the Amerirish, 1917-1962 -- Receptions of an Irish rebel -- Brendan Behan in Irish America, 1960-1964 -- Conclusion.
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Subject English literature -- Irish authors -- Public opinion.
English literature -- Irish authors.
Public opinion.
Authors, Irish -- 19th century -- Public opinion.
Authors, Irish.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Public opinion.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Public opinion -- United States.
United States.
Irish American journalists -- Attitudes.
Irish American journalists.
Irish Americans -- Attitudes.
Irish Americans -- Attitudes.
Irish Americans.
Irish Americans -- Ethnic identity -- History.
Irish Americans -- Ethnic identity.
History.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Butler, Stephen G., author. Irish writers in the Irish American press, 1882-1964 Amherst and Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, 2018 9781625343673 (DLC) 2018019135
ISBN 1613766122 electronic book
9781613766132 electronic book
1613766130 electronic book
9781613766125 (electronic book)
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