Description
A fresh account of Irish Romanticism and the Irish novel in turbulent political times.
About the Author
Claire Connolly is Reader in English Literature at Cardiff University.
Reviews
'... 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 doubt become a critical touchstone and will helpfully reshape the study of the Irish novel for a long time to come.' Robert Brazeau, Irish Studies Review
'Connolly convincingly demonstrates the complexities of Irish Romantic novels in their engagements with Ireland's political union with Britain, and she uses various strategies to exemplify the dynamics between discourses of union and division in these texts ... Connolly's work is highly commendable for the wide scope of texts that she incorporates into her argument, her revisionist reading of key works, and her reconsideration of prevalent assumptions about Irish Romantic novelists and their writings.' Marguerite Corporaal, Nineteenth-Century Contexts
Awards
Winner of Donald J. Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book, American Conference for Irish Studies 2012.
Book Information
ISBN 9781107009516
Author Claire Connolly
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 600g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 160mm * 15mm