Irish Children's Literature and the Poetics of Memory

Name: Irish Children's Literature and the Poetics of Memory
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
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By Rebecca Long

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Focusing on the mythological narratives that influence Irish children's literature, this book examines the connections between landscape, time and identity, positing that myth and the language of myth offer authors and readers the opportunity to engage with Ireland's culture and heritage. It explores the recurring patterns of Irish mythological narratives that influence literature produced for children in Ireland between the nineteenth and the twenty-first centuries. A selection of children's books published between 1892, when there was an escalation of the cultural pursuit of Irish independence and 2016, which marked the centenary of the Easter 1916 rebellion against English rule, are discussed with the aim of demonstrating the development of a pattern of retrieving, re-telling, remembering and re-imagining myths in Irish children's literature. In doing so, it examines the reciprocity that exists between imagination, memory, and childhood experiences in this body of work.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 202
Release Date:: 2022-10-20
Publication Date:: 2022-10-20
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1350190764
ISBN13:: 9781350190764
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 316 g
Height:: 156 cm
Width:: 234 cm
Thickness:: 11 cm

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