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Departures: Irish Emigration and Supernatural Belief Narratives

Departures: Irish Emigration and Supernatural Belief Narratives

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Departures: Irish Emigration and Supernatural Belief Narratives

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Full title

Departures: Irish Emigration and Supernatural Belief Narratives

Publisher

Columbus: University of Illinois Press

Journal title

The Journal of American folklore, 2023-09, Vol.136 (542), p.386-412

Language

English

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Publisher

Columbus: University of Illinois Press

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Contents

This article explores how everyday concerns related to Irish emigration are symbolically addressed in a range of supernatural legends documented in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It seeks to illuminate how uncanny tales that feature emigrants departing from Ireland relate to the shared worlds of meaning of those who told and listened...

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Departures: Irish Emigration and Supernatural Belief Narratives

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_3030893349

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_3030893349

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ISSN

0021-8715

E-ISSN

1535-1882

DOI

10.5406/15351882.136.542.02

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