Enchanting Éire: Decoding The Allure
of The Wonder’s Irish Setting
How does the setting of Ireland in Donoghue’s narrative contribute to its
overall setting and thematics elements?
A presentation by Bethany Stacey
, Contents of This Presentation
”I was so fascinated by the Fasting Girls, two decades on, I should drop my usual method of writing a historical
novel based on a real case, and let myself invent a story. I’d set it in Ireland, of course - not just because that’s
my homeland, but because ever since the Great Famine of the 1840s, we’ve defined ourselves as a people
intimate with hunger…”
“The Wonder,” Emma Donoghue, accessed 15th April 2024, https://www.emmadonoghue.com/books/novels/the-wonder.html
of The Wonder’s Irish Setting
How does the setting of Ireland in Donoghue’s narrative contribute to its
overall setting and thematics elements?
A presentation by Bethany Stacey
, Contents of This Presentation
”I was so fascinated by the Fasting Girls, two decades on, I should drop my usual method of writing a historical
novel based on a real case, and let myself invent a story. I’d set it in Ireland, of course - not just because that’s
my homeland, but because ever since the Great Famine of the 1840s, we’ve defined ourselves as a people
intimate with hunger…”
“The Wonder,” Emma Donoghue, accessed 15th April 2024, https://www.emmadonoghue.com/books/novels/the-wonder.html
