20%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Irish Novel 1800-1910
George O´brien
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Irish Novel 1800-1910
Hardcover. An original, insightful and accessible critical account of thirty representative nineteenth-century Irish novels, The Irish Novel 1800-1910 will inform and stimulate the specialist and the general reader. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686.
This wide-ranging book surveys the landscape of the Irish novel from the Act of Union to the end of the Edwardian era. From Maria Edgeworth's satire to Bernard Shaw's subversiveness, from the hauntings of C.R. Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer to those of Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray, from national tale to novel of ideas, thirty representative works are selected for fluent and accessible discussion. Focusing on the problematic condition of the protagonist, each discussion combines close reading with considerations of such broader thematic and conceptual issues as identities, contexts, genres and language. An insightful introduction underlines these issues' significance, ... Read more
This wide-ranging book surveys the landscape of the Irish novel from the Act of Union to the end of the Edwardian era. From Maria Edgeworth's satire to Bernard Shaw's subversiveness, from the hauntings of C.R. Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer to those of Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray, from national tale to novel of ideas, thirty representative works are selected for fluent and accessible discussion. Focusing on the problematic condition of the protagonist, each discussion combines close reading with considerations of such broader thematic and conceptual issues as identities, contexts, genres and language. An insightful introduction underlines these issues' significance, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781782051251
SKU
V9781782051251
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 3 to 5 working days
Ref
99-10
About George O´brien
George O'Brien is Professor Emeritus of the Department of English, Georgetown University.
Reviews for The Irish Novel 1800-1910