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Maria Edgeworth's Irish Writing
Brian Hollingworth
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Description for Maria Edgeworth's Irish Writing
Hardback. Edgeworth is regarded as a pioneer of the regional novel and the use of vernacular language. This study investigates her attitudes towards language and regionalism, and shows through discussion of her Irish texts, how her background is reflected in the form and language of her writing. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AFR; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 475.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333681664
SKU
V9780333681664
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99-15
About Brian Hollingworth
BRIAN HOLLINGWORTH recently retired as Head of English at Derby University. He is now teaching part-time and writing. A graduate of Manchester University, he previously taught at Methodist College, Hong Kong, and Leeds University. His publications include Songs of the People, a critical anthology of Lancashire dialect poetry of the nineteenth century and papers on nineteenth-century attributes to language in ... Read more
Reviews for Maria Edgeworth's Irish Writing
'Brian Hollingworth's Maria Edgeworth's Irish Writing is useful and timely as a sustained study of Edgeworth which surveys her writing on Ireland and allows for a reassessment of how Edgeworth can be understood in Irish terms. In pinning down some of the major linguistic strands of Edgeworth's thought and finding unique ways of relating them to an Irish context, Hollingworth ... Read more