Irish Literature Since 1800

Description

This book surveys Irish writing in English over the last two centuries, from Maria Edgeworth to Seamus Heaney, to give the literary student and the general reader an up-to-date sense of its variety and vitality and to indicate some of the ways in which it has been described and discussed. It begins with a brief outline of Irish history, of Irish writing in Irish and Latin, and of writing in English before 1800. Later chapters consider Irish romanticism, Victorian Ireland, W.B. Yeats and the Irish Literary Revival, new directions in Irish writing after Joyce and the literature of conte.;Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introducing Ireland and Irish Writing; Historical background; The Irish language tradition, and others; Writing in English before 1800; 2 Romanticism in Ireland, 1800-1837; Thomas Moore; Romantic Ireland and romantic visitors; Maria Edgeworth; Morgan and Maturin; Romanticising politics and history; 3 Victorian Ireland, 1837-1890; Hunger, dissent and the Age of Reform; Le Fanu and Ferguson; Journals and journalism; Lover, Lever and Irishness for export; Literature, violence and nationalism.