Recollecting Hunger—An Anthology: Cultural Memories of the Great Famine in Irish and British Fiction, 1847-1920

This collection of historical texts on the Great Famine provides contemporary scholars with an in-depth selection of both famous and obscure writings on the Irish disaster from the 1840s through Irish independence in 1922. Divided thematically into sections covering starvation, agriculture, the Church, landlords and tenants, rebel politics, mythology, and emigration, the entries include essays, journalistic pieces, and polemics from Irish and British authors, and include many heartrending narratives of personal struggles to survive as well as analysis of political tensions of the time. The volume is edited and annotated by a team of historians from Radboud University, the Netherlands. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)