In this Book
- Too Smart to Be Sentimental: Contemporary Irish American Women Writers
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: University of Notre Dame Press
summary
In a series of critical and biographical essays, Too Smart to Be Sentimental offers a feminist literary history of twentieth-century Irish America. This collection introduces the reader to the works of twelve contemporary Irish American women writers, some of whom are well known, such as Joyce Carol Oates, Alice McDermott, and Tess Gallagher, and some of whom are equally deserving of recognition. Each chapter focuses on a particular writer, describes and discusses that writer's most important works, contextualizes the discussion with relevant biographical material, and highlights why the writer is representative of the Irish American literary tradition. Too Smart to Be Sentimental —the first critical study of contemporary Irish American women authors—will be invaluable to students and scholars of Irish studies and Irish American literature.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. viii-xiv
- RELIGION AND ETHICS
- p. 95
- CHAPTER 5 Alice McDermott’s Narrators
- pp. 116-136
- ORAL TRADITIONS
- p. 137
- About the Contributors
- pp. 248-250
Additional Information
ISBN
9780268078621
Related ISBN(s)
9780268027735
MARC Record
OCLC
694144455
Pages
280
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No