This is not a book report, nor a literature review.
This is an ANALYTICAL ESSAY that requires analytical and critical thinking based solely on the book “The Burning of Bridget Cleary”, by Angela Bourke.
“The story of the killing of Bridget Cleary is so brilliantly researched and narrated that it becomes a parable of the cultural and political relationship between Ireland and Britain at the end of the last century.” Seamus Deane
Discuss Deane’s statement above in relation to how The Burning of Bridget Cleary is not just a story about rural people and their reaction to fairies.
