A detailed study of eight Irish 19th century women writers, showing how the 'provincial' arts in Victorian times were as influential and flourishing as those of the great urban centres.
Dare to overturn preconceptions about the nineteenth-century arts with this fascinating work. Two assumptions are often made about the arts of the 19th century; firstly, that urban centres of the 19th century are where the arts flourished and 'provincial' centres were rather more inferior in their contributions to art, music and literature; and secondly, that women played a lesser role in their...
A detailed study of eight Irish 19th century women writers, showing how the 'provincial' arts in Victorian times were as influential and flourishin...