What is it about?
An essay that explores Irish fasting traditions before the hunger strike caught on around the world.
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Why is it important?
This is part of a larger project on the pre-history of the hunger strike.
Perspectives
Great to have an essay in the IUR.
Joseph Lennon
Villanova University
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This page is a summary of: ‘Dreams that hunger makes’: Memories of Hunger in Yeats, Mangan, Speranza, and Irish Folklore, Irish University Review, May 2017, Edinburgh University Press,
DOI: 10.3366/iur.2017.0257.
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