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Spooky Jane: Women, History, And Horror In Death Comes To Pemberley, C Nelson
Spooky Jane: Women, History, And Horror In Death Comes To Pemberley, C Nelson
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This essay analyses the BBC Masterpiece production of Death Comes to Pemberley in the context of a proliferating field of gothic, horror and paranormal adaptations of Austen, focusing on the gothic as a means of addressing issues of history, gender and power. It argues that if historical identities are about control and order, and the ordering of time is a means of identity formation, then the writing of history should therefore be considered a means of producing disciplined historical subjects. In this case, there may well be a liminal aspect to the anarchic, playful and female-centred rewriting of history that …
John Boyle O’Reilly And The Great Fenian Escape, A O'Neill
John Boyle O’Reilly And The Great Fenian Escape, A O'Neill
Arts Papers and Journal Articles
A talk presented at the Fremantle Heritage Festival by Angeline O’Neill on Wednesday 1 June 2016 at the University of notre Dame, Fremantle.
Shifting Perspectives And The Children Of 1916, A O'Neill
Shifting Perspectives And The Children Of 1916, A O'Neill
Arts Papers and Journal Articles
A discussion on the way literature helps shift perspectives with the focus on historical perspectives. In particular the way that young readers in the early twenty-first century (whether Irish or not) are being encouraged to think about the Easter Rising. There are many views on the Rising: why it mattered and what it achieved. Until quite recently, two groups who were involved have been largely ignored: women and children. In 2016 they are still involved, only now they are readers – readers of an increasing number of texts written for them about twentieth century Irish history.