Bøker av Maureen O'Connor

Provides an urgent retrospective consideration of one of the English-speaking world's best-selling and most prolific contemporary authors. Applying new theoretical approaches, this study considers the pioneering and enduring ways Edna O'Brien represents women's experience, family relationships, the natural world, sex, creativity, and death.

Describing Irish as 'female' and 'bestial' is a practice dating back to twelfth century, while for women, inside and outside of Ireland, their association with children and other 'savages' has had a long history, this study examines a tradition of Irish women writers deploying 'natural' as a gesture to paternalist regulation of female energies.

Memoirs, autobiographies, and diaries represent the most personal and most intimate of genres, as well as one of the most abundant and popular. Gain new understanding and better serve your readers with this detailed genre guide to nearly 700 titles that also includes notes on more than 2,800 read-alike and other related titles.

A practical guide to safety on all kinds of out-of-school activities and educational visits, from visits to local factories to skiing trips abroad.