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Irish novels, 1890-1940 : new bearings in culture and fiction /

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John Wilson Foster presents a survey of more than 60 novelists - over 100 popular, minor, and mainstream Irish novels - of the period. In doing so, he exposes the orthodoxy that there was never a real unbroken Irish novel tradition. He looks in particular at women writers, and adds genre fiction to...

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Main Author: Foster, John Wilson
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
English fiction > Irish authors > History and criticism.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Roman anglais > Auteurs irlandais > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction
English fiction > Irish authors
1800-1999
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:John Wilson Foster presents a survey of more than 60 novelists - over 100 popular, minor, and mainstream Irish novels - of the period. In doing so, he exposes the orthodoxy that there was never a real unbroken Irish novel tradition. He looks in particular at women writers, and adds genre fiction to the Irish syllabus.
Physical Description:1 online resource (510 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191528392
0191528390
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0191716456
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9786611852702
6611852700
1281852708
9781281852700