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Book SynopsisReflected in these writings from twenty-one Irish Americans are the themes common to all immigrant literature, but from the authors' own ethnic point of view. Editors Casey and Rhodes have organized these pieces chronologically, beginning at the turn of the century.
Trade ReviewCasey and Rhodes have assembled a collection of short stories and excerpts from novels refreshing in its wit and novelty. . . . Pleasurable reading. A very useful collection of representative pieces from 21 writers from the turn of the century, with a major introduction and notes on each writer. Demonstrates that 20th-century Irish-American literature sustains a rich, nuanced voice, which like American Black and Jewish fiction, blends harmoniously into a long-standing tradition. . . . The editors have chosen works that best indicate the enduring characteristics of Irish-American literary practice.
Table of Contents"The Next Parish - an Introduction", Daniel J.Casey and Robert E.Rhodes; "Dooley's Neighborhood", Finley Peter Dunne; "Benediction", F.Scott Fitzgerald; "Studs", James T.Farrell; "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", Betty Smith; "Mort and Mary", John O'Hara; "Yonder Peasant, Who Is He?", Mary McCarthy; "The Cemetery", Brendan Gill; "Bill", J.F.Powers; "Mrs Reardon's Gamble", Mary Doyle Curran; "A Grand Day for Mr Garvey", Edwin O'Connor; "The New York Girls", Joseph Dever; "A Temple of the Holy Ghost", Flannery O'Connor; "A Fairy Tale of New York", J.P.Donleavy; "Billy Phelan's Greatest Game", William Kennedy; "The Three Pigs of Krishna Nuru", Maureen Howard; "World Without End, Amen", Jimmy Breslin; "Life After Death", Elizabeth Cullinan; "Murphy's Christmas", Mark Costello; "The Gift", Pete Hamill; "Fogarty & Co", Joe Flaherty; "The Neighborhood", Mary Gordon.
