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Ireland and the fiction of improvement

Presenting a study of 'improving' fiction produced in Ireland in the 19th century, this work demonstrates how this pamphlet literature shaped the mainstream literary culture. It also sheds light on the work of Maria Edgeworth, Mary Leadbeater, William Carleton, Thomas Davis, J.M. Synge, W....

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Main Author: O'Connell, Helen, 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Summary:Presenting a study of 'improving' fiction produced in Ireland in the 19th century, this work demonstrates how this pamphlet literature shaped the mainstream literary culture. It also sheds light on the work of Maria Edgeworth, Mary Leadbeater, William Carleton, Thomas Davis, J.M. Synge, W.B. Yeats, and others.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (228 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191713361 (ebook) :