Peig Sayers: Religious Subversions, Covert Withholdings, and Undaunted Mettle

The autobiography Peig A Scéal Féin (1936) inaugurated a new breakthrough in Blasket Island literature. Only a few years after its original publication, the autobiography was usurped as a teaching tool by the nascent Irish Republic being shaped by the De Valera government. A school edition, carefull...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas F Shea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Estudos Irlandeses 2012-11-01
Series:ABEI Journal
Online Access:http://revistas.fflch.usp.br/abei/article/view/3613