Disability and Life Writing in Post-Independence Ireland

by Elizabeth Grubgeld BA ’74

Elizabeth Grubgeld BA ’74 authors the first book to examine life writing and disability in the context of Irish culture. Ranging from childhood memoir to contemporary blogging practices, the book analyzes a century of autobiographical writing about the social, psychological, economic, and physical dimensions of living with disabilities. It won the 2020 Robert Rhodes Prize for Books on Literature from the American Conference for Irish Studies.Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. 181 pages.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date of publication: 2020
• Format: 181 pages
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