Some Comments on Irish American Studies Lee M. Jenkins Articles In its early iterations, Irish American Studies focused almost exclusively on Irish American writing, on literature produced by Americans of Irish descent (for example, James T. Farrell’s Studs Lonigan trilogy ... Read More...
The Shock of Recognition: Reading American Fiction in Celtic Tiger Ireland Adam Kelly Articles In the spring of 2002, as a second-year undergraduate at University College Dublin, I took a course called “Contemporary Irish Literature: Excavating the Present.” I still remember vividly its opening lecture, ... Read More...
From Dangerous Outsiders to Beloved Innocents: Irish Servant Figures in American Gothic Dara Downey Articles In Georgia Wood Pangborn’s 1911 short story “Broken Glass,” the narrator, a fussy mother living somewhere in rural America, is reproached by a mysterious figure for having scolded her young Irish nursemaid. As ... Read More...
On Becoming an Americanist Kevin Power Articles The private roots of scholarship are seldom very respectable. I bring this up because I’ve been thinking about the two small events that made me an Americanist. They happened in adolescence, when we are at our ... Read More...
IAAS 50th Anniversary Special Issue on Irish American Studies Tim Groenland Editorials In October 1970, Richard Nixon—then approaching the end of his second year as US President—landed in Shannon Airport to commence a three-day visit to Ireland, announcing upon his arrival that he could “proudly ... Read More...
