Ireland and the fiction of improvement /
Presenting a study of 'improving' fiction produced in Ireland in the 19th century, this work demonstrates how this pamphlet literature shaped the mainstream literary culture. It also sheds light on the work of Maria Edgeworth, Mary Leadbeater, William Carleton, Thomas Davis, J.M. Synge, W....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Presenting a study of 'improving' fiction produced in Ireland in the 19th century, this work demonstrates how this pamphlet literature shaped the mainstream literary culture. It also sheds light on the work of Maria Edgeworth, Mary Leadbeater, William Carleton, Thomas Davis, J.M. Synge, W.B. Yeats, and others. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (228 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191515972 0191515973 9780191713361 0191713368 9786610965298 6610965293 1280965290 9781280965296 |