Irish Literature 1750-1900

An Anthology

Wright, Julia M. (Editor)

Blackwell Anthologies

1. Edition January 2008
628 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-4051-4520-6

John Wiley & Sons

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Over the past twenty years, interest in Irish literature has risen
dramatically across the globe. Irish Literature, 1750-1900: An
Anthology presents in one volume the rich body of Irish writing
between the Enlightenment and Modernism.

* Provides the full text of short plays, fiction, and poetry by a
wide selection of prominent writers, including Richard Brinsley
Sheridan, Maria Edgeworth, Thomas Moore, James Clarence Mangan,
Samuel Ferguson, Lady Jane Wilde, and Oscar Wilde

* Features a selection of collaboratively authored works by the
Edgeworths, the Banims, and the Kavanaghs, as well as excerpts from
collaborative publications such as Paddy's
Resource and The Nation

* Includes substantial selections from Ireland's women writers,
as well as Ulster poets and writers who emigrated to North America
during this period

* Offers a variety of helpful features for students, including a
chronology of historical events and major literary works of the
era

"... a diverse and highly entertaining selection of Irish
Literature and a teaching tool that will become the standard
anthology for the study of Irish Literature."

Dennis Denisoff, Ryerson University

Julia M. Wright is Canada Research Chair in European Studies at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Her publications in Irish literature include Ireland, India, and Nationalism in Nineteenth-century Literature (2007) and an edition of Lady Morgan's The Missionary (2002).

J. M. Wright, Dalhousie University, Canada