The Romantic National Tale and the Question of Ireland.

By: Ferris, InaMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge Studies in RomanticismPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (221 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780511148569Subject(s): English fiction--Irish authors--History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Romantic National Tale and the Question of IrelandDDC classification: 941.5 LOC classification: PR8807.N38 F47 2002Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION The awkward space of Union -- CHAPTER 1 Civic travels: the Irish tour and the new United Kingdom -- BAFFLED REASON -- EQUIVOCAL FORM -- CHAPTER 2 Public address: the national tale and the pragmatics of sympathy -- DISLOCATIONS OF SYMPATHY -- PUBLIC PERFORMANCE -- CHAPTER 3 Female agents: rewriting the national heroine in Morgan's later fiction -- MOVING ON THE DIAGONAL -- SEQUESTERED (CATHOLIC) SPACES -- CHAPTER 4 The shudder of history: Irish Gothic and ruin writing -- MEMORY IN THE RUINS -- THE SHUDDER OF THE RUIN -- CHAPTER 5 Agitated bodies: the Emancipation debate and novels of insurgency in the 1820s -- FORMS OF INSISTENCE -- UNDOING THE NATIONAL TALE -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION: THE AWKWARD SPACE OF UNION -- 1 CIVIC TRAVELS: THE IRISH TOUR AND THE NEW UNITED KINGDOM -- 2 PUBLIC ADDRESS: THE NATIONAL TALE AND THE PRAGMATICS OF SYMPATHY -- 3 FEMALE AGENTS: REWRITING THE NATIONAL HEROINE IN MORGAN'S LATER FICTION -- 4 THE SHUDDER OF HISTORY: IRISH GOTHIC AND RUIN WRITING -- 5 AGITATED BODIES: THE EMANCIPATION DEBATE AND NOVELS OF INSURGENCY IN THE 1820s -- Bibliography -- PRIMARY SOURCES -- SECONDARY SOURCES -- Index.
Summary: The first full-length study of the national tale, a genre articulating Irish grievances to English readers in the early nineteenth century.
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION The awkward space of Union -- CHAPTER 1 Civic travels: the Irish tour and the new United Kingdom -- BAFFLED REASON -- EQUIVOCAL FORM -- CHAPTER 2 Public address: the national tale and the pragmatics of sympathy -- DISLOCATIONS OF SYMPATHY -- PUBLIC PERFORMANCE -- CHAPTER 3 Female agents: rewriting the national heroine in Morgan's later fiction -- MOVING ON THE DIAGONAL -- SEQUESTERED (CATHOLIC) SPACES -- CHAPTER 4 The shudder of history: Irish Gothic and ruin writing -- MEMORY IN THE RUINS -- THE SHUDDER OF THE RUIN -- CHAPTER 5 Agitated bodies: the Emancipation debate and novels of insurgency in the 1820s -- FORMS OF INSISTENCE -- UNDOING THE NATIONAL TALE -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION: THE AWKWARD SPACE OF UNION -- 1 CIVIC TRAVELS: THE IRISH TOUR AND THE NEW UNITED KINGDOM -- 2 PUBLIC ADDRESS: THE NATIONAL TALE AND THE PRAGMATICS OF SYMPATHY -- 3 FEMALE AGENTS: REWRITING THE NATIONAL HEROINE IN MORGAN'S LATER FICTION -- 4 THE SHUDDER OF HISTORY: IRISH GOTHIC AND RUIN WRITING -- 5 AGITATED BODIES: THE EMANCIPATION DEBATE AND NOVELS OF INSURGENCY IN THE 1820s -- Bibliography -- PRIMARY SOURCES -- SECONDARY SOURCES -- Index.

The first full-length study of the national tale, a genre articulating Irish grievances to English readers in the early nineteenth century.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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