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Irish childhoods [electronic resource]

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While much has been written about Irish culture's apparent obsession with the past and with representing childhood, few critics have explored in detail the position of children's fiction within such discourses. This book serves to redress these imbalances, illuminating both the manner in which children's texts engage with complex cultural discourses in contemporary Ireland and the significant contribution that children's novels and films can make to broader debates concerning Irish identity a...

Title Irish childhoods [electronic resource] : children's fiction and Irish history / by Padraic Whyte.
Publisher Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub.
Creation Date 2011
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-175) and index.
English
Content CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
PART II
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
PART III
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
AFTERWORD
FILMOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Extent 1 online resource (210 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010711868905171
MARC RECORDS
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