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Narratives of class in new Irish and Scottish literature : from Joyce to Kelman, Doyle, Galloway, and McNamee
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- Creator
- Mary M. McGlynn
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
- Physical Details
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- x, 236 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781137038760, 0230602851, 9780230602854, 1137038764, 1349602825
- OCLC
- ocn169873961
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-231) and index.
- Introduction: the poor mouth -- "Ye've no to wander" : James Kelman's vernacular spaces -- Barrytown Irish : location, language, and class in Roddy Doyle's early novels -- "Make out it's not unnatural at all" : Janice Galloway's mother tongue -- Eoin McNamee's local language
Subjects
- English fiction -- Irish authors -- History and criticism.
- English fiction -- Scottish authors -- History and criticism.
- Scottish fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
- Working class in literature.
- Sociolinguistics in literature.
- Working class -- Language.
- National characteristics, Irish, in literature.
- National characteristics, Scottish, in literature.
- Discourse analysis, Narrative.