A Great Feast of Light: Growing Up Irish in the Television Age - Brossura

Doyle, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0786718145 ISBN 13: 9780786718146

Casa editrice: Da Capo Pr, 2006

Riassunto

Celebrated TV critic John Doyle has penned an Irish memoir that gives a portrait of a boy and his country transformed by television. Funny, insightful, and engaging, A Great Feast of Light begins in the small town of Nenagh, where young John's father purchased the family's first television in 1962, and ends in 1979 with the Pope's historic visit to the Emerald Isle, the appearance of "Dallas" on Irish TV, and twenty-two-year-old John's escape to North America. By day, John was schooled by the Christian brothers in the valor of Irish rebel heroes and the saintliness of Catholic martyrs. But in the evenings, television conveyed more subversive messages: American westerns, "I Love Lucy, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Laugh-In, The Muppet Show, Starsky and Hutch, and Monty Python suggested ways of life that were exciting and free. News coverage of American civil rights and women's rights protests, Irish street riots, bombings, and Bloody Sunday clashed with Catholic conservatism. While the "global village" was yanking Ireland out of its past, one intelligent and sardonic boy was taking notes. His story, at once a charming coming-of-age tale and a compelling social history, is a welcome addition to the literature of Ireland.

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Informazioni sugli autori

John Doyle, one of Canada’s most popular newspaper columnists, was born in Nenagh, County Tipperary, in 1957. He attended University College, Dublin and escaped to Canada in 1980. He has been a critic for The Globe and Mail since 1997 and has written the Globe’s daily television column since 2000. His writing has appeared in Report On Business magazine, Elle Canada, Books In Canada, The Irish Times, and the Toronto Star, among others. John Doyle lives in Toronto.

John Doyle has been a critic for The Globe and Mail since 1997 and has written the paper's daily television column since 2000.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Da Capo Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0786718145
• ISBN 13: 9780786718146
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 321
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile