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Ebest, Ron, 1956-

Private histories : the writing of Irish-Americans, 1900-1935 / by Ron Ebest. - Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, - xi, 319 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-316) and index.

Fathers : violent recourses -- Mothers : "turned down hard I've been" -- Daughters and sons : verbal massacre -- Noel Coward and Mrs. Griffin -- An innocent bystander of the western world -- Septic origins -- Craig's wife -- Sad warped Sisters and Battling Berthas -- Le premier pas -- A joy and a study -- Fences, goats, and vegetable gardens -- Green thumb in the city -- The fastest runner on Sixty-first Street -- Three chairs for Mr. Murphy.

This book is a complete literary history of the American Irish during the first part of the twentieth century. -- Publisher description.

ISBN: 0268027714 9780268027711 0268027722 9780268027728

LCCN: 2005022323

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA572895 bnb

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Geschichte 1900-1935
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
American literature--Irish American authors--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Irish Americans--Intellectual life.
Irish Americans in literature.
----Histoire et critique.
--Histoire et critique.--
--Vie intellectuelle.
American literature.
American literature--Irish American authors.
Irish Americans in literature.
Irish Americans--Intellectual life.
Literatur.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
USA.
Iren.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: PS153.I78 / E24 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 810.9/89162/09041