1st Edition
Survivor Testimonies of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 Memory, Trauma, Resilience
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Introduction Traumatic Memories of the Irish Rebellion of 1641
Chapter 1 Remembering 1641: The Institutional Shaping of Memories of the Irish Rebellion
Chapter 2 Of Exposure: “Going Native” in Narratives of Colonial Resilience
Chapter 3 Of Hunger: Defining the Limits of Taboo Eating
Chapter 4 Of Sexual Violence: Hearing the Unspeakable
Chapter 5 Of Burning: Fire and Protestant Colonial Apocalyptic
Chapter 6 Of Drowning: Ghosts and the Colonial Uncanny
Conclusion Listening to Survivor Testimonies
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Naomi McAreavey is an Associate Professor of Renaissance Literature at University College Dublin, Ireland. She specializes in the literature and culture of early modern Ireland, particularly women’s writing an the memory cultures of the 1641 rebellion. Her previous publications include The Letters of the First Duchess of Ormonde (2022), Women’s Life Writing and Early Modern Ireland, edited with Julie Eckerle (2019) and The Body in Pain in Irish Literature and Culture, edited with Fionnuala Dillane and Emilie Pine (2016).
