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Allegories of Union in Irish and English Writing, 1790-1870: Politics, History, and the Family from Edgeworth and to Arnold

by Mary Jean Corbett. 228 pgs.

Contributors:

   Mary Jean Corbett

Publisher:

   Cambridge University Press

Place of Publication:

  Cambridge, England  

Publication Year:

  2000

Subjects:

Imperialism In Literature, Family In Literature, Nationalism In Literature, 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, Ireland--In Literature

	Acknowledgments page	ix
	Introduction	1
1	Public affections and familial politics: Burke, Edgeworth, and Ireland in the 1790s	21
2	Allegories of prescription: engendering Union in Owenson and Edgeworth	51
3	Troubling others: representing the immigrant Irish in urban England around mid-century	82
4	Plotting colonial authority: Trollope's Ireland, 1845–1860	114
5	England's opportunity, England's character: Arnold, Mill, and the Union in the 1860s	148
	Afterword	182
	Notes	186
	Bibliography	212
	Index	225

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