Maria Edgeworth's Irish writing : language, history, politics
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Maria Edgeworth's Irish writing : language, history, politics
Macmillan Press , St. Martin's Press, 1997
- Macmillan Press
- St. Martin's Press : cloth
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Kobe Shoin Women's University Library / Kobe Shoin Women's College Library
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Edgeworth is regarded as a pioneer in the development of the regional novel and the use of vernacular language. This study investigates her attitudes towards language and regionalism. It shows, by a detailed discussion of her major Irish texts - Castle Rackrent , Essay on Irish Bulls , Ennui , The Absentee and Ormond - how her intellectual 'Lunar' background, and her life in Ireland during the momentous years of the Union is reflected in the form and language of her writing.
Table of Contents
Introduction - PART 1: EDGEWORTH AND LANGUAGE - 'The Local and the Temporary': Maria Edgeworth's Regional Writing - Lunar Values and the Union: Factors Drawing Edgeworth to Regional Language and Regional Narrative - An Essay on Irish Bulls - PART 2: THE IRISH TALES - Castle Rackrent: The Innocent Text, The Innocent Voice - Formal and Linguistic Features in the Later Irish Tales - 'Let Us Dare To Be Ourselves': A Reading of Ennui - The Voice of Truth: A Reading of The Absentee - King Or No King: A Reading of Ormond - Notes - Index
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