Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe book will be a useful research tool because Napier provides valuable chapter notes and an extensive bibliography, which includes both general sources and Irishwomen's autobiographies dating from 1691 to the present. The work belongs in libraries that have strong collections in women's studies, genre studies, and Irish literature. Graduate students, researchers, faculty. -- MH. Kealy, Immaculata College * CHOICE *
Like many of the texts she examines, Napier's study is a densely-patterned and thought-provoking work. 'Seeking a Country' is a valuable both as a theoretical consideration of the genre of autobiography, and as an investigation of the lives and work of some of twentieth century Ireland's most influential women authors. -- Jacqueline Belanger * Biography 26.3 *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 List of Illustrations Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Pilgrimage to the Self Chapter 4 Books of the People: Lady Gregory's Written Life Chapter 5 "Only the Golden Hours:" The Fearless Naiveté of Katharine Tynan Chapter 6 The Mosaic "I:" Mary Colum and Modern Irish Autobiography Chapter 7 "Indestructible Landmarks in a Destructible World:" The Autoethnography of Elizabeth Bowen Chapter 8 "External Impressions of Life:" The Paradoxical Autobiographies of Kate O'Brien Chapter 9 Histories of the Future: Eavan Boland's Object Lessons Chapter 10 A Phylogeny of Irishwomen's Literary Autobiography Chapter 11 References Chapter 12 A Bibliography of Irishwomen's Autobiography: 1691 to the Present Chapter 13 Index
