Senior Project Advisor

Harada, Maggie

Document Type

Project

Publication Date

Spring 2001

Keywords

Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish identity

Abstract

“One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it” {HOTD 97). When Elizabeth Bowen was born in 1899, the Protestant Ascendancy was living in the shadow of the past. After nearly a century of prosperity in Ireland, the tables were turning on them. Their wealth and power were waning. The Catholic Irish were rebelling. The future of Ireland was in turmoil. Motherless from the age of thirteen and forced to shuffle between various relatives during her childhood, Elizabeth Bowen struggled during these tumultuous times to come to terms with her identity. For Bowen, growing up both in England and Ireland meant being neither Irish nor English. Instead, it meant always being something in between, and it meant being conscious of her dual identity from a very young age.

Department

English

Subjects - Names (LCNAF)

Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973--Criticism and interpretation; Bowen family

Genre/Form

student projects; term papers

Type

Text

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Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

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Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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