Literary Representations of the Irish Country House

Civilisation and Savagery Under the Union

AvM. Kelsall

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

This study examines the significance given to the country house in Ireland under the Union and how this is represented in the works of Edgeworth, Lever, Trollope, Martin and Somerville, Bowen and Lady Gregory. The Irish country house is set in a classical and European context as the centre for "the good life" and the pinnacle of "civilization". In Ireland, that inherited tradition was challenged by an alternative culture nominated as "savage". This book explores how the Irish country house was the focus of conflict between and symbiosis of "civilization" and "savagery".

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-12-10
Mått:140 x 216 x 17 mm
Vikt:404 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:212
Upplaga:2003
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780333779361

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

MALCOLM KELSALL is Professor of English at Cardiff University. He is the author of Christopher Marlowe (1981), Byron's Politics (1987, awarded the Elma Dangerfield Prize in 1991), The Great Good Place: The Country House and English Literature (1992), and Jefferson and the Iconography of Romanticism: Folk, Land, Culture and the Romantic Nation (1999).

Recensioner i media

'Prof Kelsall's book is an authoritative work of considerable research. It is not aimed at a wide audience, although those with a serious interest in the culture of the country house will find much to illuminate and guide their reading.' - Country Life

Innehållsförteckning

List of Plates Historical Acknowledgements Introduction Edgeworthstown 'Rebuilding' Edgeworth's Heir: Charles Lever Trollope as Mr Kurtz Only Connect: Violet Martin and Edith Somerville 'The Duchess Too is Dead': Bowen and Gregory Notes Bibliography Index