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Author Clair A. Sheehan

Clair A. Sheehan

Clair A. Sheehan completed her PhD at the University of Limerick. Her doctoral thesis focused on the impact that the 9/11 terrorist attacks have had on American literature, particularly how these attacks were revisited and rewritten by US novelists, and under what ideological constrictions. Her research interests centre on American writers whose work engages with the political. Clair is the MSAC instructor of English at the University of Limerick. Her publications include “Excavating The Lacuna: Barbara Kingsolver’s Allegorical Understanding of America’s Post-9/11 World,” European Journal of American Culture (2017).

What a Difference a Word Makes: Reconsidering Language in Huckleberry Finn

Clair A. Sheehan
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As a lifelong lover of Mark Twain’s writing and his ironic humour, I came to American studies abroad assuming Twain’s work would be one of the foundation stones of most of the American Literature modules taught... Read More...

Review: Joe B. Fulton, Mark Twain Under Fire

Clair A. Sheehan
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Joe B. Fulton. Mark Twain Under Fire: Reception and Reputation, Criticism and Controversy 1851-2015. Camden House, 2018. With his latest publication, Mark Twain Under Fire, Joe B. Fulton has added significan... Read More...

Review: Mark Twain and Youth: Studies in His Life and Writings, eds. Kevin McDonnell and R. Kent Rasmussen

Clair A. Sheehan
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Review: Mark Twain and Youth: Studies in His Life and Writings. Edited by Kevin MacDonnell and R. Kent Rasmussen (Bloomsbury, 2016) Buy here. Clair A. Sheehan University of Limerick The recent emergence... Read More...
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