Traditions and Difference in Contemporary Irish Short Fiction

Ireland Then and Now

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

AvTsung Chi (Hawk) Chang,Chang

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This book focuses on traditions and transformations in contemporary Irish short fiction, covering pivotal issues such as gender, sexuality, abortion, the body, nostalgia, identity, and migration.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-12-18
Mått155 x 235 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieHumanities in Asia
Antal sidor81
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789813343153

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Dr. Tsung Chi (Hawk) Chang is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong. His research interests include Modern & Contemporary Irish Literature, Women’s Writing, the Short Story, 20th-century English and American Poetry, Translation Studies, and Language and Culture. Some of his research findings have been published in academic journals, such as Neohelicon, Journal of Language, Literature and Culture, CLCWeb (forthcoming), Tamkang Review, Universitas, Wenshan Review, Review of English and American Literature, and 3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature. He was the winner of the First Book Prize 2019 awarded by The Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities and was offered a Junior Fellowship (currently Early Career Fellowship) in the Academy for a five-year term (2019-2024).

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. What Matters for Women: Discovering Irish Women through Maeve Binchy’s “All That Matters”.- Chapter 3. Sense and Sexuality: Revisiting Lady Gregory via Colm Tóibín.- Chapter 4. Repetition with Difference: Nostalgia in Edna O’Brien’s “Shovel Kings”.- Chapter 5. “A Mute Clamor for Release”: Rewriting Andersen in Emma Donoghue’s “The Tale of the Bird”.- Chapter 6. Re-configuring Irish-ness: Tradition and Multicultural Identity Politics in Gish Jen’s “Who Is Irish?”.- Chapter 7. “Do You Think I’m Your Slave?”: Gender and Immigration in Donal Ryan’s “Eveline.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.