The News from Ireland | Invasion and Homesickness
In the
following essay, Brent discusses themes of invasion
and homesickness in Trevor’s story.
The characters in William Trevor’s story ‘‘The News from Ireland’’ are preoccupied with their place in the world. As the story presents the perspective of several different characters, themes of history, nostalgia, and foreignness emerge as dominant in the thoughts of these characters.
History is a central theme of this story. Particularly, Irish national history. The story, first published in the 1980s, is set in the 1840s, during the potato famine in Ireland. The author thus demonstrates an interest in history through setting his story in the context of a historically...
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