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    <language>eng</language>
        <publisher>Journal of Irish Studies</publisher>
        <journalTitle>Estudios Irlandeses</journalTitle>
        <eissn>1699-311X</eissn>
            <publicationDate>2016-03-15</publicationDate>
        <volume>11</volume>
    <issue>11</issue>
        <startPage>163</startPage>
    <endPage>171</endPage>
    <publisherRecordId>5977</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng"><![CDATA[ What’s in a Name? Reading the Character of Mary/Moira  in Jane Urquhart’s Away ]]></title>

    <authors>
     
      <author>
        <name><![CDATA[ Audrey Robitaillié ]]></name>
        <affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
      </author>
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      <affiliationName affiliationId="1"><![CDATA[ Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland ]]></affiliationName>
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        <abstract language="eng"><![CDATA[ This article analyses the various connotations of the name of the protagonist in Jane Urquhart’s Irish-Canadian novel Away, first published in 1993. The heroine Mary changes her name to Moira at the start of the book, which leads the reader to ponder on the significance of these names. By exploring the classical, topographical, naval, linguistic and religious undertones of Mary/Moira, this study seeks to demonstrate how the Canadian author conveys notions of postcolonialism throughout her novel with the choice of a character’s name.
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          <keywords language="eng">
              <keyword>Jane Urquhart</keyword>
              <keyword>Irish Diaspora</keyword>
              <keyword>Canadian Literature</keyword>
              <keyword>Postcolonialism</keyword>
              <keyword>Irish Folklore</keyword>
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