Irish Expatriatism, Language and Literature: The Problem of English

by Michael O'Sullivan

Book Overview

1. Introduction.- 2. Swift: The Irish expat 'at home' with "our language".- 3. Goldsmith: The Irish expat in London as "Chinaman".- 4. Irish expat empire builders in China and Hong Kong: Robert Hart and John Pope Hennessy.- 5. Yeats: The expat buys property back home.- 6. Joyce: The expat and the 'loss of English'.- 7. Bowen: the unspeakable loneliness of the Anglo-Irish expat.- 8. Boland: can the expat find a 'home' in language?.- 9. A Forgotten...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319958992
• ISBN13: 9783319958996
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"