J. F. Powers and Betty Wahl: Irish Americans and Returning Yanks

The limited critical attention given J.F. Powers (1917-99) has concentrated on his engagement with Catholicism. Powers also applies Irish American motifs to his fiction. This article analyzes the depiction that Powers and his wife Betty Wahl (1924-88), who left postwar America to live on and off in...

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Main Author: John L. Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Española de Estudios Irlandeses 2013-03-01
Series:Estudios Irlandeses
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Online Access:http://www.estudiosirlandeses.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/John_L_Murphy_8.pdf