Ireland and the Fiction of Improvement.
Title:
Ireland and the Fiction of Improvement.
Author:
O'Connell, Helen.
ISBN:
9780191515972
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (241 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Aesthetics of Plainness -- 1. 'False Refinement', Plain Speech, and Improved Writing -- 2. Improvement and Nostalgia: Society Schools and Hedge Schools -- 3. The Silence of Irish -- 4. Political Discipline and the Rhetoric of Moderation -- 5. The Aesthetics of Excess: Improvement and Revivalism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Abstract:
This study of 'improving' fiction produced in Ireland in the 19th century demonstrates how this pamphlet literature shaped the mainstream literary culture. While uncovering previously neglected material, O'Connell also sheds new light on the work of Maria Edgeworth, Mary Leadbeater, William Carleton, Thomas Davis, J. M. Synge, W. B. Yeats, and others.
Local Note:
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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