Irish Narratives in Argentina: Diaspora, Memory, and Identity (New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature)

This monograph examines Irish narratives produced in Argentina between 1900 and 1994, bringing critical attention to literary texts written from peripheral and often overlooked cultural spaces.Focusing on five key Irish and Irish-Argentine writers (William Bulfin, Kathleen Nevin, Rodolfo Walsh, María Elena Walsh, and Juan José Delaney), the book challenges dominant constructions of Argentine national literature and foregrounds the constitutive role of diaspora in shaping literary and cultural identities.Drawing on theories of nation-building, migration, identity, and collective memory, the study advances a transnational reading of Argentine literature that moves beyond methodological nationalism.It shows how Irish diasporic writing both participates in and unsettles canonical narratives of national identity, revealing literature as a site of negotiation between belonging, displacement, and cultural translation.By situating these writers within broader transatlantic literary and histori