ANGELA’S ASHES: A TRAGI-COMIC CHILDHOOD MEMOIR BY FRANK MCCOURT Cover Image

ANGELA’S ASHES: A TRAGI-COMIC CHILDHOOD MEMOIR BY FRANK MCCOURT
ANGELA’S ASHES: A TRAGI-COMIC CHILDHOOD MEMOIR BY FRANK MCCOURT

Author(s): Anca Bădulescu
Subject(s): Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Substance abuse and addiction, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: Limerick; Shannon; Catholic Church; consumption; drinking;

Summary/Abstract: The focus of the article is the mixture of tragedy and comedy in Frank McCourt’s childhood memoir. It aims at proving that tragic events and humorous ones coexist. Although the novel concentrates on the author’s terrible early life in Limerick, it also reveals Frank McCourt’s sparkling sense of humour, most of which is illustrated in language.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 335-339
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English