Title Allegories of Union in Irish and English writing, 1790-1870 : politics, history, and the family from Edgeworth and to Arnold / Mary Jean Corbett.

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Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

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Description	1 online resource (x, 228 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-224) and index.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Public affections and familial politics: Burke, Edgeworth, and Ireland in the 1790s -- Allegories of prescription: engendering Union in Owenson and Edgeworth -- Troubling others: representing the immigrant Irish in urban England around mid-century -- Plotting colonial authority: Trollope's Ireland, 1845-1860 -- England s opportunity, England s character: Arnold, Mill, and the Union in the 1860s.
Summary	Corbett explores fictional and non-fictional representations of Ireland's relationship with England throughout the nineteenth century. She situates her readings of novels by Edgeworth, Gaskell, and Trollope, and writings by Burke, Engels, and Mill, within the historical contexts that shape them, offering a fresh perspective on important aspects of Victorian culture.
Subject	English fiction -- Irish authors -- History and criticism.
	English prose literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism.
	Politics and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
	Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	Literature and history -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
	English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
	Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
	Ireland -- Relations -- England.
	England -- Relations -- Ireland.
	Nationalism in literature.
	Imperialism in literature.
	Ireland -- In literature.
	Families in literature.
	Ireland -- Great Britain -- Relations.
	Great Britain -- Ireland -- Relations.
	Ireland -- Great Britain -- Relations -- Fiction.
	Great Britain -- Ireland -- Relations -- Fiction.
	English fiction -- Irish authors. (OCoLC)fst00910841
	English literature. (OCoLC)fst00911989
	English prose literature -- Irish authors. (OCoLC)fst00912367
	Families in literature. (OCoLC)fst00920365
	Imperialism in literature. (OCoLC)fst00968142
	Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
	International relations. (OCoLC)fst00977053
	Literature. (OCoLC)fst00999953
	Literature and history. (OCoLC)fst01000077
	Nationalism in literature. (OCoLC)fst01033899
	Politics and literature. (OCoLC)fst01069960
	England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
	Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
	Ireland. (OCoLC)fst01205427
	Bellettrie.
	Engels.
	Politieke aspecten.
	Nationalisme.
	Ierland.
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Indexed Term	Litteratur Engelsk, amerikansk litteratur.
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Corbett, Mary Jean, 1962- Allegories of Union in Irish and English writing, 1790-1870. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2000 0521661323 (DLC) 99086658 (OCoLC)43227466
ISBN	0511018665 (electronic bk.)
	9780511018664 (electronic bk.)
	0511118007 (electronic bk.)
	9780511118005 (electronic bk.)
	9780511484766 (electronic bk.)
	0511484763 (electronic bk.)

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