This paper aims to explore the cultural connections between the US and Ireland by focusing on the leading Irish juvenile papers published at the beginning of the twentieth century, when Ireland was struggling for political and cultural self-determination. In particular, I will analyse the crime stories featured in the nationalist papers Our Boys, Fianna, Young Ireland and St. Enda’s that were modelled on popular American hardboiled detective novels and whodunits – among others, Raymond Chandler’s. The research is conducted by combining textual analysis with a detailed investigation of the historical and cultural context in which these texts were produced so as to cast light on the Irish editors’ efforts of differentiating their reading material from British models. Earlier stories shared many areas of similarity with those published in papers imported from Britain – the enemy power – insofar as the names of the characters were changed to give them a “Irish flavour” but the essential elements remain the same. However, as the yearning for cultural autonomy became stronger, the contributors to the papers started looking at American models perceived as radically different from British ones. Nonetheless, the American cultural influence was not deemed unproblematic; in fact, variations on the American models are worthy of analysis because they point out how American crime fiction was refashioned to buttress a specific cultural and political agenda.

Refashioning Raymond Chandler for Ireland's Young Nationalists: The Case of the Irish Juvenile Press (1910-1940) / E. Ogliari. ((Intervento presentato al 12. convegno Biennial Symbiosis Conference tenutosi a Scotland nel 2019.

Refashioning Raymond Chandler for Ireland's Young Nationalists: The Case of the Irish Juvenile Press (1910-1940)

E. Ogliari
2019

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This paper aims to explore the cultural connections between the US and Ireland by focusing on the leading Irish juvenile papers published at the beginning of the twentieth century, when Ireland was struggling for political and cultural self-determination. In particular, I will analyse the crime stories featured in the nationalist papers Our Boys, Fianna, Young Ireland and St. Enda’s that were modelled on popular American hardboiled detective novels and whodunits – among others, Raymond Chandler’s. The research is conducted by combining textual analysis with a detailed investigation of the historical and cultural context in which these texts were produced so as to cast light on the Irish editors’ efforts of differentiating their reading material from British models. Earlier stories shared many areas of similarity with those published in papers imported from Britain – the enemy power – insofar as the names of the characters were changed to give them a “Irish flavour” but the essential elements remain the same. However, as the yearning for cultural autonomy became stronger, the contributors to the papers started looking at American models perceived as radically different from British ones. Nonetheless, the American cultural influence was not deemed unproblematic; in fact, variations on the American models are worthy of analysis because they point out how American crime fiction was refashioned to buttress a specific cultural and political agenda.
13-lug-2019
Irish juvenile periodicals; detective stories; transatlantic literary exchange; Irish nationalism; Sherlock Holmes; Raymond Chandler
Settore L-LIN/10 - Letteratura Inglese
Settore M-STO/04 - Storia Contemporanea
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Refashioning Raymond Chandler for Ireland's Young Nationalists: The Case of the Irish Juvenile Press (1910-1940) / E. Ogliari. ((Intervento presentato al 12. convegno Biennial Symbiosis Conference tenutosi a Scotland nel 2019.
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