Maud Gonne has long been viewed merely as a contemporary of more prominent literary, political and legal figures who played a role in Irish politics of the early twentieth century. While Eva Gore-Booth has been the subject of recent critical attention, much less notice has been paid to Gonne. This succinct biography highlights the significance of Gonne as a political and literary figure in her own right and utilises archival resources in a detailed study of her role as a political activist, journalist, reviewer and also as a founder and editor of nationalist publications. Drawing on previously unpublished correspondence and interviews, this book offers an important re-evaluation of Gonne's contribution to the political and social landscape of early twentieth-century Ireland. It contributes to the growing emphasis in scholarship on the roles played by women in the formation of the Irish state.

About the Author
Trish Ferguson is a Senior Lecturer in the English Department of Liverpool Hope University. She is the author of Thomas Hardy's Legal Fictions (2013) and the editor of Victorian Time: Technologies, Standardizations, Catastrophes (2013) and Victorian Fiction beyond the Canon (2016). She was recently awarded a BA/Leverhulme research grant and a Rose Library fellowship for her current research project on Maud Gonne.

Reviews
'The book has a useful chronology of Gonne's life, and selected biographies of many of the people in it, plus full notes and index.' Irish Examiner, Oct 2019



Book Information
ISBN 9781910820247
Author Trish Ferguson
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint University College Dublin Press
Publisher University College Dublin Press