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By drawing our attention to these neglected autobiographies and memoirs, he also reminds us that the canon of Irish literature should be expanded to include the lesser known autobiographical work of migrants. Historians and other scholars have consulted many of the published works and some of the unpublished accounts that he includes, but without the critical dimension and sharp insights that he brings to the study of this literature.
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'Harte's achievement in putting together this anthology is all the more impressive given that he has made this subject of Irish migrant autobiography more or less his own. It will appeal of course to the academic audience who deal in these things but I can only hope that it will reach a wider audience too. If there is to be a better collection in years to come this will still remain the template. Harte has delved deeply but not indiscriminately. If the departing Irish, particularly those who went to Britain, were said to have gone off into silence, Harte has set about breaking that silence with great gusto. 'Liam Harte has collated a brilliant, valuable piece of work. Above all, he restores in his wonderful book the individuality of each one of the millions of painful, hopeful journeys across the Irish Sea.' - Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times
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'Liam Harte's superb anthology of first-person narratives.is a rare book, a real act of discovery that overturns inherited perceptions and opens up a rich terrain of Irish experience.Harte undermines the whole notion of 'the Irish in Britain' as a single entity and restores the complicating factors of class, gender, religion and geography. '.a fascinating anthology of historical tales.The book challenges preconceived views about the Irish in Britain and illustrates a more diverse and multi-layered culture that has often been misplaced or forgotten.' - Elaine Sheridan, Irish Post In their variety and their eloquence, the fascinating autobiographical pieces gathered in this book will change the way we view the history of Irish emigration.' It is a work of ingenious discovery and rediscovery which gives due attention to a past which, on both sides of the Irish Sea, has been consistently undervalued. Liam Harte brings to this work a sympathy, an acute intelligence and considerable knowledge. It offers a coherent context for a set of voices which were often previously hidden and forgotten. 'The Literature of the Irish in Britain is an invaluable work of reclamation, doing scholarly justice to the large body of writing by Irish men and women who emigrated to the neighbouring island over the centuries.