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A Cultural History of the Irish Novel, 1790–1829
Claire Connolly
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hardcover. A fresh account of Irish Romanticism and the Irish novel in turbulent political times. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 11. Weight in Grams: 600.
Claire Connolly offers a cultural history of the Irish novel in the period between the radical decade of the 1790s and the gaining of Catholic Emancipation in 1829. These decades saw the emergence of a group of talented Irish writers who developed and advanced such innovative forms as the national tale and the historical novel: fictions that took Ireland as their topic and setting and which often imagined its history via domestic plots that addressed wider issues of dispossession and inheritance. Their openness to contemporary politics, as well as to recent historiography, antiquarian scholarship, poetry, song, plays and memoirs, produced ... Read more
Claire Connolly offers a cultural history of the Irish novel in the period between the radical decade of the 1790s and the gaining of Catholic Emancipation in 1829. These decades saw the emergence of a group of talented Irish writers who developed and advanced such innovative forms as the national tale and the historical novel: fictions that took Ireland as their topic and setting and which often imagined its history via domestic plots that addressed wider issues of dispossession and inheritance. Their openness to contemporary politics, as well as to recent historiography, antiquarian scholarship, poetry, song, plays and memoirs, produced ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107009516
SKU
V9781107009516
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About Claire Connolly
Claire Connolly is Reader in English Literature at Cardiff University.
Reviews for A Cultural History of the Irish Novel, 1790–1829
'… quietly provocative … the book makes an important foundational contribution to the field of Irish Gothic as well as Romantic studies … an exemplary study for scholars working in any language and national tradition.' Fiona Stafford, European Romantic Review 'Everywhere in this book we see lines for exciting new developments in Irish literary history … The book will no ... Read more