Reply to “‘Oh This Division of Allegiance!’ Being Both Irish and British?”

Autores/as

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v15i0.3592

Resumen

The author responds to Elizabeth Malcolm ‘s critique to the book The Literature of the Irish in Britain: Autobiography and Memoir, 1725-2001.
Harte reflects upon the process of making an anthology and points out the
challenging aspects of his research considering the constitutive complexity of autobiographical works when they are taken as historical sources.

Keywords: the Irish in Britain; autobiography; memoir

Biografía del autor/a

  • Liam Harte, University of Manchester
    Liam Harte teaches Irish and Modern Literature at the University of Manchester, UK. He has published widely on contemporary Irish fiction and was Armstrong Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto in 2008. His recent books include Modern Irish Autobiography: Self, Nation and Society (2007), Ireland Beyond Boundaries: Mapping Irish Studies in the Twenty-First Century (co-edited with Yvonne Whelan, 2007), The Literature of the Irish in Britain: Autobiography and Memoir, 1725-2001 (2009; 2011) and Reading the Contemporary Irish Novel 1987-2007 (2014).

Referencias

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O’Connor, Joseph. “Introduction,” in Dermot Bolger (ed.), Ireland in Exile. Dublin: New Island, 1993.

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Yeats, W. B. Reveries Over Childhood and Youth, in his Autobiographies. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1955.

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Publicado

2013-11-17

Número

Vol. 15 (2013): ABEI Journal 15

Sección

The Critic and the Author

Cómo citar

Harte, L. (2013). Reply to “‘Oh This Division of Allegiance!’ Being Both Irish and British?”. ABEI Journal, 15, 89-73. https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v15i0.3592