1. “Irish Folklore Has Always Interested and Influenced Me”: An Interview with Deirdre Sullivan.
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Rodríguez Bonet, Diana
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FAIRY tales , *IRISH authors , *FOLKLORE , *SEXUAL harassment , *SALT - Abstract
Deirdre Sullivan is an award-winning Irish YA writer who has been praised by several writers and folklore academics, such as Jack Zipes, for her fairy-tale revisions and her rewriting of the Irish legend “The Children of Lir”. Following the steps of contemporary feminist writers like Angela Carter or Emma Donoghue, Sullivan gives voice to minorities and deals with silenced topics such as sexual harassment. This interview focuses on her subversions of fairy tales and Irish mythology, especially in her collection Tangleweed and Brine (2017) and her revision of “The Children of Lir” in Savage Her Reply (2020). In this interview, Deirdre Sullivan talks about her interest in fairy tales and Irish folklore and how she became a writer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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