This novel intervenes in many of the literary and philosophical debates of the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century, forging a connection between the eighteenth-century discourse of sentiment and the emergent nineteenth-century concept of the nation. Lady Morgan's Introductory Letters are included.
Foreword: Writing Ireland, Reading England, Introduction: The Politics of Love in The Wild Irish Girls, The Wild Irish Girl: Volume !, Volume II, Volume III, Appendix: Prefactory Address to the 1846 Edition
