Scholars and Rebels - In Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Offers an account of Ireland's neglected "national" intellectuals, an extraordinary group, including such figures as Oscar Wilde's father William Wilde, Charles Lever, Samuel Ferguson, Isaac Butt, Sheridan Le Fanu.

List of contents

Preface.
1. Colonial Intellectuals.

2. Portrait of a Clerisy.

3. Savants and Society.

4. The Dismal Science.

5. Young Irelanders and Others.

Index.

Report

"The enjoyments of this book are its many elaborate periods, wonderful put-downs and instantly memorable apercus : practically every paragraph ends with a punch-line." Reviews

"This volume invites comparison to Robert Tracy s recent The Unappeasable Host: Studies in Irish Identities. " Choice

"is ambitious in its scope, and it offers an original and compelling exploration of the networks that formed the outsized village that was nineteenth-century Dublin". History of Education

Product details

• Authors: Eagleton, T Eagleton, Terry Eagleton, Terry (University of Manchester) Eagleton
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.11.1999
• EAN: 9780631214465
• ISBN: 978-0-631-21446-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries