Olga Pyne Clarke (1915-1996): Class and Identity
Although part of the landed gentry of Ireland, Olga’s family was actually ‘very poor’ (p.40) for their cultural standards. As a child, …
Although part of the landed gentry of Ireland, Olga’s family was actually ‘very poor’ (p.40) for their cultural standards. As a child, …
‘But your nursey years were running to a close, your private school years, your childhood years. All running to a close, coming …
Regenia Gagnier identifies six different types of working-class autobiographies, the most appropriate of which in relation to Molly Keen’s ‘Childhood Memoire’ is …
The early 1900’s and throughout the First World War created much stress on families and class divide. The level of poverty …
Regeina Gagnier’s ‘Working-Class Autobiography, Subjectivity, and Gender.’ she comments that working class writers start autobiographies ‘with an apology for their authors’ ordinariness’. Alexander does …
Alice’s life writing best fits into the political narrative form. This is outlined by Regenia Gagnier as being written by those with …
I offer no words of advise to the youth of today, knowing full well that it would be useless. My experience will …
In keeping with the work orientated themes, we come to the most revered day in the worker’s monthly calendar: pay day. And …
Regenia Gagnier argues that 19th Century working-class autobiographies did not fit the classic model for autobiographical writing. I think that two of …
In conditions of long work hours, crowded housing and inadequate light, it was difficult enough for them to contemplate themselves, but they …