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Writing the Irish famine /

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In the late 1840s, more than one million Irish men and women died of starvation and disease, and a further two million emigrated in one of the worst European sustenance crises of modern times. Yet a general feeling persists that the Irish Famine has eluded satisfactory representation. Writing the Ir...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morash, Chris, 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852 > Historiography.
Famines > Ireland > History > 19th century > Historiography.
Historiography > Ireland.
Irlande > Histoire > 1845-1852 (Grande Famine) > Historiographie.
Famines > Irlande > Histoire > 19e siècle > Historiographie.
Historiographie > Irlande.
18.05 English literature.
15.70 history of Europe.
Famines > Historiography
Historiography
Ireland
Engels.
Letterkunde.
Hongersnood.
Famines > Dans la littérature.
Littérature irlandaise > Thèmes, motifs.
Famines > Irlande > 19e siècle > Historiographie.
Irlande > 1837-1901 > Historiographie.
1800-1899
English literature > Special subjects > Food supply > Shortages
Northern Ireland
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Progress
  • Narratives of progress
  • Malthus and the famine novel
  • Mitchel's hunger
  • Apocalypse
  • A very Victorian apocalypse
  • Sins of the nation
  • A new Ireland
  • Claiming the dead
  • William Carleton and the end of writing
  • Conclusion: Claiming the dead.