In this study of fiction written for adults by Irish women, Ingram (English, Trinity College Dublin) examines the work of single-book authors as well as those more prolific. Some of the writers emphasize the female experience and the domestic sphere, while others write about political and social issues, travel, or art. Ingram is particularly interested in the concrete circumstances of these writers' lives: where and why they began writing, how they went about getting published, and what they conceived the writer's life to be. The book is arranged chronologically, from literary foremothers of the 19th century through pre and post-WWII and the '60s through the '90s. Distributed in the US is by ISBS. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The topic of Irish women's writing is still a neglected one, with women's novels too often sidelined, despite the international recognition gained by prize-winning novels written by such authors as Anne Enright and Emma Donoghue, among others. Irish Women's Fiction examines women's novels up to and following: the establishment of the Irish state, the period of the Second World War, the Second Wave of feminism in the 1970s, to postmodernism in the 1990s. The book discusses Irish women's writing across all major genres both literary and popular, including children's writing, crime fiction, and, in the discussion of the writing of the Celtic Tiger era, the phenomenal success of Irish chick lit. Describing the circumstances of women's writing lives, as well as the themes with which they deal, Irish Women's Fiction is written in an accessible style and is the first ever single-volume survey of Irish women's writing and writers, bringing Irish women writers back in to the canon of Irish literature. *** "Ms Ingman's light touch combines with her in depth knowledge to lift her writing out of purely academic fields and into the realm of a voyage of Irish discovery and insight. The only downfall is it will leave the reader with a very long list of must-read books for the foreseeable future!" - Viv Young, New York Journal of Books, June 3, 2013
The topic of Irish women's writing is still a neglected one, with women's novels too often sidelined, despite the international recognition gained by prize-winning novels written by such authors as Anne Enright and Emma Donoghue, among others. Irish Women's Fiction examines women's novels up to and following: the establishment of the Irish state, the period of the Second World War, the Second Wave of feminism in the 1970s, to postmodernism in the 1990s. The book discusses Irish women's writing across all major genres both literary and popular, including children's writing, crime fiction, and, in the discussion of the writing of the Celtic Tiger era, the phenomenal success of Irish chick lit. Describing the circumstances of women's writing lives, as well as the themes with which they deal, Irish Women's Fiction is written in an accessible style and is the first ever single-volume survey of Irish women's writing and writers, bringing Irish women writers back in to the canon of Irish literature.
