Representing the national landscape in Irish romanticism

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Label

Representing the national landscape in Irish romanticism

Statement of responsibility

Julia M. Wright

Creator

• Wright, Julia M

Author

• Wright, Julia M

Subject

• English literature -- Irish authors | History and criticism
• National characteristics, Irish, in literature
• Romanticism -- Ireland
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

"Ireland as a nation has come to be defined in part by an ideology which conflates national identity with the land. From the Irish Revival's idealization of Irish peasants close to the land to the long history of disputes over ownership and rule of the land, notions of the land have become particularly bound up with conceptions of what Ireland is and what it is to be Irish. In this book, Wright considers this fraught relationship between land and national identity in Irish literature. In doing so, she presents a new vision of the Irish national landscape as one that is vitally connected to larger geographical spheres. By exploring issues of globalization, international radicalism, trade routes, and the export of natural resources, Wright is at the cutting edge of modern global scholarly trends and concerns. In considering texts from the Romantic era such as Leslie's Killarney, Edgeworth's "Limerick Gloves," and Moore's Irish Melodies, Wright undercuts the nationalist myth of a "people of the soil" and explores instead nationalist ideas of an international Ireland. Reigniting the field of Irish Romanticism, Wright presents original readings which call into question politically motivated mythologies while energizing nationalist conceptions that reflect transnational networks and mobility." -- Publisher's description

Member of

• Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

820.9/9417

Index

index present

LC call number

PR8752

LC item number

.W76 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Irish studies