The Anglo-Irish Novel and the Big House |
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| Author:
| Kreilkamp, Vera |
| Series title: | Irish Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8156-2752-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1998 |
| Publisher: | Syracuse University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $71.00 |
Book Description:
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This text is a comprehensive study of the ascendancy novel from Maria Edgeworth's ""Castle Rackrent"" (1800) to contemporary reinventions of the form. The author argues that Irish fiction needs to be rescued from the critical assumptions which underlie attacks on Yeats and the Literary Revival.
This text is a comprehensive study of the ascendancy novel from Maria Edgeworth's ""Castle Rackrent"" (1800) to contemporary reinventions of the form. The author argues that Irish fiction needs to be rescued from the critical assumptions which underlie attacks on Yeats and the Literary Revival.