The Irish voice in America
Subtitle: 250 years of Irish-American fiction
By: Charles Fanning.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
Subjects: American fiction -- Irish-American authors -- History and criticism; Irish Americans -- Intellectual life; Irish Americans in literature; Ireland -- In literature
Description: "The Irish Voice in America surveys the fiction written by the Irish in America over the past two hundred and fifty years. For this second edition, Fanning has added a chapter that covers the fiction of the past decade. He argues that contemporary writers continue to draw on Ireland as a source and are important chroniclers of the modern American experience."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [412]-432) and index.