Angela Bourke
Autor von The Burning of Bridget Cleary
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Angela Bourke is Senior Lecturer in Irish at University College, Dublin, the National University of Ireland. She has been a visiting professor at Harvard University & the University of Minnesota, & writes, lectures, & broadcasts regularly on Irish oral tradition & literature. (Bowker Author mehr anzeigen Biography) weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: Angela Bourke, circa 2013
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The author chose to use this story as an example of the collision of cultures that were on-going in the Irish/British disputes. Unfortunately I felt the case was a weak one, the evidence showed that Bridget and her husband Michael were not getting along, she was barren, opinionated and perhaps overly flirtatious. Wanting to be master in his own house, Michael had both beaten and threatened her previously. I believe Michael played upon his neighbours jealousy and ignorance which induced mass hysteria that had them believing in the fairy story when in truth Bridget fell victim to Michael’s anger.
I didn’t love this book, finding that it read much like someone’s term paper analyzing culture, politics, religion and mythology. The case was horrific, but I think the author stretched out her information to the point of watering down the story. There was so much unrelated information that the narrative had no clear direction and was quite confusing at times.… (mehr)