Irishness and womanhood in nineteenth-century British writing /

Using Lady Morgan's The Wild Irish Girl as his point of departure, Thomas J. Tracy argues that nineteenth-century debates over what constitutes British national identity often revolved around representations of Irishness, especially Irish womanhood. He maps the genealogy of this development in...

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Main Author:	Tracy, Thomas (Thomas J.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
Subjects:	English fiction > Irish authors > History and criticism. English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. National characteristics, Irish, in literature. National characteristics, British, in literature. Nationalism in literature. Women in literature. Irish question. English fiction. British in literature. Ireland > In literature.
Online Access:	Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:	9780754693062 0754693066 9780754664482 0754664481
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central