Irish Literature in Transition, 1700-1780: Volume 1

ISBN-13: 9781108427500 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 424 str.

Moyra Haslett

Opis

Showcases the diversity and rich complexity of literature in Ireland in the eighteenth century.

Recenzje

'This edited collection of nineteen articles by an impressive range of contributors highlights the current trends and values in Irish eighteenth-century scholarship … One of the strengths of this particular volume is that it is aimed at not only those with an interest in Irish literature, but also those interested in eighteenth-century writing generally … the variety of material, writers, and approaches means that even readers familiar with many of these writers will find much that is new and striking. These essays bring neglected writing and writers to the fore and shed new light on others. Most significantly, these essays help to reveal the richness, complexity, and sophistication of this period in Irish letters. The real strength of these essays might be in the way they allow this writing and the issues raised to have new life and significance today.' Jim Shanahan, Eighteenth-Century Fiction

Spis treści

Part I. Starting Points: 1. Starting-points and moving targets: transition and the early modern Marie-Louise Coolahan; 2. 'We Irish': writing and national identity from Berkeley to Burke Ian Campbell Ross; 3. Re-viewing Swift Brean Hammond; Part II. Philosophical and Political Frameworks: 4. The prejudices of Enlightenment David Dwan; 5. The Molyneux problem and Irish Enlightenment Darrell Jones; 6. Samuel Whyte and the politics of eighteenth-century Irish private theatricals Helen M. Burke; Part III. Local, National and Transnational Contexts: 7. Land and landscape in Irish poetry in English, 1700–1780 Andrew Carpenter; 8. The idea of an eighteenth-century national theatre Conrad Brunström; 9. Transnational influence and exchange: the intersections between Irish and French sentimental novels Amy Prendergast; 10. 'An example to the whole world': patriotism and imperialism in early Irish fiction Daniel Sanjiv Roberts; Part IV. Gender and Sexuality: 11. The province of poetry: women poets in early eighteenth-century Ireland Aileen Douglas; 12. Queering eighteenth-century Irish writing: Yahoo, Fribble, Freke Declan Kavanagh; 13. 'Brightest wits and bravest soldiers': Ireland, masculinity, and the politics of paternity Rebecca Anne Barr; 14. Fictions of sisterhood in eighteenth-century Irish literature Moyra Haslett; Part V. Transcultural Contexts: 15. The popular criminal narrative and the development of the Irish novel Joe Lines; 16. Gaelic influences and echoes in the Irish novel, 1700–1780 Anne Markey; 17. New beginning or bearer of tradition? Early Irish fiction and the construction of the child Clíona Ó Gallchoir; Part VI. Retrospective Readings: 18. Re-imagining feminist protest in contemporary translation: The Lament for art O'Leary and The Midnight Court Lesa Ní Mhunghaile; 19. 'Our darkest century': the Irish eighteenth century in memory and modernity James Ward.