Rhythms of Writing: An Anthropology of Irish Literature

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Foreword
Acknowledgements
Prologue: Writing as Craft and Career
Chapter 1 The Making of a Writer: Training and Creativity
	Teaching Creative Writing
	Early Training
	Training for a Possible Profession
	Crafting Creativity
Chapter 2 Paths and Profiles: In Search of Recognition
	Breaking Through
	The View from Ireland
	Between Dublin and New York
	Gender and Generation
Chapter 3 The Public Intellectual: Writing Journalism
	Speaking Truth to Power
	Wit as a Weapon
	Recession Reality
	Conflict and Peace
Chapter 4 Modes of Writing: Genres, Topics, Styles
	Genres and Their Blurred Borders
	Irish Noir
	Memoirs: The Irish Mother
	Stories and the Senses
	An Irish Tone of Voice: ‘Grim Comedy’
Chapter 5 Tracing Tales: Folklore In Fiction
	Folklore and Literature
	Storytelling: Skill and Source
	‘Hardcore Storytelling’
	Making Political Points through Folklore
	The Power of a Peacock’s Feather
	Traditional Tales into Contemporary Text
Chapter 6 Selling Stories: The Publishing Market
	The Short Story as a Stepping Stone
	Boutique Publishing
	Going with a Global Corporation
	Scouting, Liaising, Advocating: Agents and Super-Agents
Chapter 7 Varieties of Translation: Within and Across Media
	Intermedial Translation
	Image into Text
	The Task of the Translator
	Brooklyn on the Big Screen
	The Commitments: Live in London
	Rhythms of Translation
Chapter 8 America as Hope: Legacy of Leaving
	Leaving Home
	Crossing the Ocean
	Diaspora Stories of Solitude
	Reasons for Returning
Chapter 9 Irish Literature and the World
	Stories from Afar
	With the ‘New Irish’, a New Storyline
	Coda: Telling the Truth through Irish Fiction
Notes
	Chapter 1
	Chapter 2
	Chapter 3
	Chapter 4
	Chapter 5
	Chapter 6
	Chapter 7
	Chapter 8
	Chapter 9
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