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Informationen zum Autor Claire Connolly is Professor of Modern English at University College Cork, Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, and a member of the Royal Irish Academy. Her book A Cultural History of the Irish Novel, 1790-1829 (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism, 2011) won the Donald J. Murphy Prize, awarded by the American Conference for Irish Studies. She has been a visiting Associate Professor of Irish Studies and English at Boston College, the O'Brien Professor at Concordia University, Montréal and Parnell Fellow in Irish Studies at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. Klappentext Provides a new account of the years that formed the crucible of Irish writing in English. Zusammenfassung Presenting a vibrant account of Ireland's literary voices! this volume will be a key reference for scholars and students of Irish literature and English romanticism. It offers a new account of the years that formed the crucible of Irish writing in English! taking account of colonial! European! and transatlantic contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Making maps, Irish literature in transition, 1780-1830 Claire Connolly; Part I. Origins: 1. Gaelic literature in transition 1780-1830 Lesa Ní Mhunghaile; 2. Irish literature and classical modes Norman Vance; Part II. Transitions: 3. Conceptual frameworks: Irish literary theory, from politeness to politics Julia M. Wright; 4. Whigs, weavers and fire-worshippers: anglophone Irish poetry in transition Matthew Campbell; 5. Metropolitan theatre David O'Shaughnessy; 6. Harps and pepperpots, songs and pianos: music and Irish poetry Adrian Paterson; 7. Enlightened Ulster, Romantic Ulster: Irish magazine culture of the Union era Jennifer Orr; Part III. Reputations: 8. Placing Mary Tighe in Irish literary history: from manuscript culture to print Harriet Kramer Linkin; 9. Edgeworth and realism James Chandler; 10. Lady Morgan and 'the babbling page of history': cultural transition as performance in the Irish national tale Nicola Lloyd; 11. 'The diabolical eloquence of horror': Maturin's wanderings Jim Kelly; 12. English Ireland/Irish Ireland: the poetry and translations of J. J. Callanan Gregory A. Schirmer; 13. Thomas Moore and the social life of forms Jane Moore; 14. 'English, Irished': Union and violence in the fiction of John and Michael Banim Willa Murphy; 15. The transition of reputation: Gerald Griffin Mark Corcoran; 16. William Maginn: the Cork correspondent David E. Latané; Part IV. Futures: 17. 'My country takes her place among the nations of the earth': Ireland and the British archipelago in the age of the Union Murray Pittock; 18. Mentalities in transition: Irish Romanticism in European context Joep Leerssen; 19. Ireland and Empire: popular fiction in the wake of the Union Sonja Lawrenson; 20. Transatlantic influences and futures Joseph Rezek; 21. The literary legacies of Irish Romanticism Fiona Stafford....
