Irish literature in transition, 1830-1880 /

edited by Matthew Campbell.
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Contributors: Campbell, Matthew (Matthew J. B.), editor.
Summary:"Ireland's experience in the nineteenth century was quite different from that of Victorian Britain. Its fictions were written in differing forms - like the gothic or historical novel - and its poetry and drama were populated with ballad and song. Its writers were by turns nationalist or unionist, anglophile or deanglicising. If the effects of Famine and emigration were catastrophic for mid-nineteenth-century Irish culture, they initiated a literary story that spread across the diaspora. Despite the decline of spoken Irish, literature continued to be published, while scholarly endeavours such as translation or the Ordance Survey preserved much from the Gaelic past. This rich volume examines the many forms of new writing that thrived throughout this period. Utilizing a thematic and historical approach, it addresses addresses a broad anglophone readership in Victorian literature. Essays consider the Irish authors in America and India, women's writing, and the resilience of Irish literature before the revival"--
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Series:Irish literature in transition ; Volume 3
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical description: xiv, 326 pages; 24 cm.

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Contained in: Irish literature in transition, 1830-1880
ISBN:9781108480482
1108480489
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