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In this seminar we will explore the rich history of Irish-American literature. We will begin with an overview of the foundational works of pre-famine immigrants and then explore how Irish-American literature changed, matured, and flourished in the 19th and 20th centuries. Throughout the course, we will consider questions of ethnic and cultural identity as we attempt to understand the Irish backgrounds that inform the works we study. Our exploration will include reading and discussion of mainstream writers of Irish ancestry as well as lesser-known Irish-American authors. We will explore both the rural and urban dimensions of the Irish-American experience by reading and discussing writers from New York, Boston, Chicago, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, and California.
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