"If Love's a Country": Transnationalism and the Celtic Tiger in Emma Donoghue's Landing.

A literary criticism is presented of the novel "Landing," by Emma Donoghue, which describes a transatlantic lesbian romance. Topics include economic globalization and the notion of Ireland as a Celtic Tiger, the relevance of transnational literary theory for understanding the novel, and economic cla...

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Publicado en:New Hibernia Review Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 64 - 80
Autor principal: Casey, Moira B.
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: Philosophy Documentation Center Summer2011
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Sumario:A literary criticism is presented of the novel "Landing," by Emma Donoghue, which describes a transatlantic lesbian romance. Topics include economic globalization and the notion of Ireland as a Celtic Tiger, the relevance of transnational literary theory for understanding the novel, and economic class differences between the characters Jude and Síle.