Irishness and womanhood in nineteenth-century British writing

Irishness and womanhood in nineteenth-century British writing / Thomas Tracy.

Author/creator	Tracy, Thomas (Thomas J.)
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Co.,
Description	vi, 196 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	English fiction--Irish authors --History and criticism. English fiction--19th century --History and criticism. National characteristics, Irish, in literature. National characteristics, British, in literature. Nationalism in literature. Women in literature. Irish question. Ireland--In literature.

Contents	A long conversation -- The mild Irish girl: domesticating the national tale -- Ormond: from "the disease of power and wealth" to "the condition of Irishness" -- Transcending ascendancy: Florence McCarthy -- Policing "the chief nests of disease and broils" -- Kay, Engels, and the condition of the Irish -- British national identity and Irish antidomesticity in pre-famine British literature and criticism -- A comic plot with a tragic ending: the Macdermots of Ballycloran -- The sacred, the profane, and the middle class: Thackeray's post-famine criticism and Pendennis -- Allegory for the end of union: Trollope's An eye for an eye.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-177) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2008042449
ISBN	9780754664482 (alk. paper)

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