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Overview"This book aims to redress the critical neglect of Frank McCourt's life-writing, which has been dismissed all too frequently as ""misery memoir"" and deemed commercially driven or aesthetically and politically naive. It reassesses the life cycle of McCourt's work, investigating the experiences that shaped his desire to write and demonstrating a nuanced and multifaceted network of stimuli and references. This new approach reimagines McCourt's work as a series of complex constructions that are inherently performative in nature (including the multiple identities that he assigns himself) and draw on recurrent cliches and stereotypical characters formed from a medley of literary, theatrical, cinematic and popular performance traditions. The author uncovers reference points, intertexts and sources that McCourt appropriates from the Irish language tradition, storytelling, nationalistic songs, the popular music of New York City, the films of Hollywood, other memoirs, Joycean literature, melodrama and theatre. This dynamic has been recognized by other performance practitioners, and the book also explores how McCourt's life-writing has inspired creative adaptations for stage and screen." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eamon Maher , Margaret EatonPublisher: Peter Lang Ltd Imprint: Peter Lang Ltd Edition: New edition Volume: 78 Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.50cm Weight: 0.410kg ISBN: 9781906165611ISBN 10: 1906165610 Pages: 284 Publication Date: 24 November 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsCONTENTS: Curtain Rise: Locating the Father of the Misery Memoir - I'd Love To Be Irish When It's Time For A Song - Are ye Gangsters or Cowboys? [...] Fred Astaire How Are You? : The Effect of Hollywood Cinema on Frank McCourt's Irish-American Male Identity - Melodramatic Moments: McCourt's Debt to Dion Boucicault and Sean O'Casey - Frank McCourt's Performance of Irishness : The Anxiety of James Joyce's Influence? - The After-Lives of Angela's Ashes - Curtain FallReviewsAuthor InformationMargaret Eaton was educated at the University of Derby and the University of Nottingham. Her research interests include Irish memoir, melodrama and the representation of Irish national identity in literature and film. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |