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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

Pages: 228

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

Table of Contents

Title Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One: Public Affections and Familial Politics: Burke, Edgeworth, and Ireland in the 1790s

Chapter Two: Allegories of Prescription: Engendering Union in Owenson and Edgeworth

Chapter Three: Troubling Others: Representing the Immigrant Irish in Urban England Around Mid-Century

Chapter Four: Plotting Colonial Authority: Trollope's Ireland, 1845–1860

Chapter Five: England's Opportunity, England's Character: Arnold, Mill, and the Union in the 1860s

Afterword

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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