Recovering an Irish Voice from the American Frontier: The Prose Writings of Eoin Ua Cathail - Tapa dura

 
9781574418279: Recovering an Irish Voice from the American Frontier: The Prose Writings of Eoin Ua Cathail
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ISBN 10: 1574418270 ISBN 13: 9781574418279
Editorial: University of North Texas Press,U.S., 2021

Sinopsis

Recovering an Irish Voice from the American Frontier is a bilingual compilation of stories by Eoin Ua Cathail, an Irish emigrant, based loosely on his experiences in the West and Midwest.

The author draws on the popular American Dime Novel genre throughout to offer unique reflections on nineteenth-century American life. As a member of a government mule train accompanying the U.S. military during the Plains Indian Wars, Ua Cathail depicts fierce encounters with Native American tribes, while also subtly commenting on the hypocrisy of many famine-era Irish immigrants who failed to recognize the parallels between their own plight and that of dispossessed Native peoples. These views are further challenged by his stories set in the upper Midwest.

His writings are marked by the eccentricities and bloated claims characteristic of much American Western literature of the time, while also offering valuable transnational insights into Irish myth, history, and the Gaelic Revival movement. This bilingual volume, with facing Irish-English pages, marks the first publication of Ua Cathail's work in both the original Irish and in translation. It also includes a foreword from historian Richard White, a comprehensive introduction by Mahoney, and a host of previously unpublished historical images.

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Acerca del autor

Patrick J. Mahoney, or PÁdraig Fhia Ó MathÚna, is a Caspersen Fellow in History and Culture at Drew University and a Fulbright Scholar at the National University of Ireland Galway. He is the co-author of From a Land beyond the Wave: Connecticut's Irish Rebels, 1798-1916.

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Editorial
University of North Texas Press,U.S.
Año de publicación
2021
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1574418270
ISBN 13 
9781574418279
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
288
Editor
Mahoney Patrick J
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