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Informationen zum Autor James H. Murphy is Professor of English and was also for a time Director of Irish Studies at DePaul University, Chicago, having previously taught in Ireland. He specialises in nineteenth-century Ireland, focusing particularly on the history of the novel and on the political history of the period. He is the author or (co-) editor of ten previous books, including (as author) Abject Loyalty: Nationalism and Monarchy in Ireland, during the Reign of Queen Victoria, Ireland, a Social, Cultural and Literary History, 1791-1891, and Catholic Fiction and Social Reality in Ireland, 1873-1922. He has twice been president of the Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland. Klappentext This book is the first comprehensive study of fiction written by Irish authors during the Victorian age. James H. Murphy analyses the development of the novel in Ireland and examines the work of 150 authors including well-known figures such as William Carleton, Charles Lever, Somerville and Ross, and Bram Stoker in the social and literary contexts of their times. Zusammenfassung This book is the first comprehensive study of fiction written by Irish authors during the Victorian age. James H. Murphy analyses the development of the novel in Ireland and examines the work of 150 authors including well-known figures such as William Carleton, Charles Lever, Somerville and Ross, and Bram Stoker in the social and literary contexts of their times. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: Approaches to Reading Irish Fiction 2: The Fashionable Potato: Lady Blessington and W.H. Maxwell 3: Peasant or Pheasant novelist? The Authority of William Carleton 4: Ruin through Rollicking: Poor Charles Lever 5: Sensational Stalwarts: Irish Victorian Novelists in Mid Century 6: 'Two Nations on One Soil': Land, Fenians, and Politics in Fiction 7: 'Real Protestantism never Slumbers': Religious and Historical Fiction 8: Frenzied Form: The Land-War Novel 9: Grania and her Sisters: New Women Abroad and at Home 10: Fin de Siècle: Vortex of the Genres 11: The Lives of the Irish Novelists 12: Conclusion: Contested Representations Bibliography Index ...
