Pub Date : 2019-09-06DOI: 10.3828/LIVERPOOL/9781789620047.003.0007
A. Höing
This chapter argues that the openness and egalitarianism of scientific discourse to be found in Terry Pratchett’s Nation functions as an alternative to the hierarchical structures imposed by colonialism. In addition, the chapter discusses the ways in which Pratchett attributes liminal potential to religious beliefs and posits the suggestion that pantheism is the most appropriate religious belief system within the social-scientific framework of his model post-colonial society. Finally, the chapter argues that Nation highlights the importance for young readers of addressing and critically reflecting on the issue of their own belief systems, in order to manage the difficulties of 21st-century living.
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Pub Date : 2019-09-06DOI: 10.3828/LIVERPOOL/9781789620047.003.0003
M. Mooney, Clíona Ó Gallchoir
This chapter considers the Robinsonade within the framework of the children’s collection of Cork Public Library in the post-revolutionary period of the early twentieth century. It examines how the repeated purchasing of copies of Robinson Crusoe for circulation to Free State children may be interpreted within the context of the Gaelic Revivalist movement. Furthermore, two specific texts are considered: T.C. Bridges’ Martin Crusoe: A Boy’s Adventure on Wizard Island (1920), a self-conscious Robinsonade, and a 1936 account of an Irish missionary’s experiences in Africa, African Adventure, by Father James O’Mahoney. The chapter argues that both texts exhibit characteristic Robinsonade qualities (the colonialist impulses of which are framed by ennobling justifications), and, ultimately, that the colonial novel was in many ways compatible with post-colonial Ireland’s nationalist ideology.
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