Irish Literature in Transition, 18301880: Volume 3

This volume is a rich, innovative volume on emergent Irish literary forms in the Victorian age.

About the author

Matthew Campbell is Professor of Modern Literature at the University of York. He is the author of Rhythm and Will in Victorian Poetry (1999) and Irish Poetry Under the Union (2013). He is also the editor of the Cambridge Companion to Contemporary Irish Poetry (Cambridge, 2003) and The Voice of the People; the European Folk Revival (2012).

Summary

Exploring Irish fiction, poetry, and drama through the lens of nationalism, diaspora, and the catastrophes of famine and emigration, this volume offers a new perspective of emergent literature in the Victorian age. This book is a key resource for scholars and students of nineteenth-century studies and English literature.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew (University of York) Campbell
• Assisted by: Matthew (University of York) Campbell (Editor), Matthew Campbell (Editor), Campbell Matthew (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.04.2020
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
• EAN: 9781108480482
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48048-2
• Pages: 340
• Series: Irish Literature in Transition
• Subjects: Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Ireland, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literature: history & criticism, Literary theory, Literature: history and criticism