Allegories of Union in Irish and English Writing, 1790–1870 : Politics, History, and the Family from Edgeworth to Arnold.
Title:
Allegories of Union in Irish and English Writing, 1790–1870 : Politics, History, and the Family from Edgeworth to Arnold.
Author:
Corbett, Mary Jean.
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9780511156106
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1 online resource (240 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE Public affections and familial politics: Burke, Edgeworth, and Ireland in the 1790s -- CHAPTER TWO Allegories of prescription: engendering Union in Owenson and Edgeworth -- CHAPTER THREE Troubling others: representing the immigrant Irish in urban England around mid-century -- CHAPTER FOUR Plotting colonial authority: Trollope's Ireland, 1845-1860 -- CHAPTER FIVE England's opportunity, England's character: Arnold, Mill, and the Union in the 1860s -- Afterword -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 PUBLIC AFFECTIONS AND FAMILIAL POLITICS: BURKE, EDGEWORTH, AND IRELAND IN THE 1790S -- 2 ALLEGORIES OF PRESCRIPTION: ENGENDERING UNION IN OWENSON AND EDGEWORTH -- 3 TROUBLING OTHERS: REPRESENTING THE IMMIGRANT IRISH IN URBAN ENGLAND AROUND MID-CENTURY -- 4 PLOTTING COLONIAL AUTHORITY: TROLLOPE'S IRELAND, 1845-1860 -- 5 ENGLAND'S OPPORTUNITY, ENGLAND'S CHARACTER: ARNOLD, MILL, AND THE UNION IN THE 1860S -- AFTERWORD -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Corbett explores fictional and non-fictional representations of Ireland's relationship with England throughout the nineteenth century.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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