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On the edge: the Irish in Britain as a troubled and troubling presence in the work of Jimmy McGovern and Alan Bleasdale

Marcus Free Media and Communication Studies, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Limerick, IrelandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 55-64 | Published online: 23 Feb 2011

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