Ireland and Romanticism : Publics, Nations and Scenes of Cultural Production

This collection by leading scholars in the field provides a fascinating and ground-breaking introduction to current research in Irish Romantic studies. It proves the international scope and aesthetic appeal of Irish writing in this period, and shows the importance of Ireland to wider currents in Romanticism. Irish literature in the Romantic period produced a diverse and rewarding body of work reacting to such upheavals as the 1798 rebellion, the 1800 Act of Union, and the wider European context of war and revolution. This collection, by leading scholars in the field, provides a fascinating and ground-breaking introduction to current research in Irish Romantic studies. It proves the international scope and aesthetic appeal of Irish writing in this period, and shows the importance of Ireland to wider currents in Romanticism Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Notes on Contributors......Page 9 Introduction......Page 12 Scenes: The Country and the City......Page 22 1 Cín Lae Amhlaoibh: Modernization and the Irish Language......Page 24 2 Jemmy O'Brien: Informer to Gothic Monster......Page 37 Influences from Abroad......Page 54 3 Spanish Literature and Irish Romanticism, 1800–50......Page 56 4 Robert Burns and Hibernia: Irish Romanticism and Caledonia's Bard......Page 70 The Irish Writer Abroad......Page 86 5 'Transatlantic Tom': Thomas Moore in North America......Page 88 6 A United Irishman in the Alps: William MacNevin's A Ramble Through Swisserland (1803)......Page 105 7 Lady Morgan (Sydney Owenson) and the Politics of Romanticism......Page 120 Irish Poetry in the Romantic Period......Page 134 8 Drawing Breath: The Origins of Moore's Irish Melodies......Page 136 9 Malvina's Daughters: Irish Women Poets and the Sign of the Bard......Page 152 Fictions of the Romantic Period......Page 172 10 The Irish Book Trade in the Romantic Period......Page 174 11 'Gothic' and 'National'? Challenging the Formal Distinctions of Irish Romantic Fiction......Page 183 12 Escaping from Barrett's Moon: Recreating the Irish Literary Landscape in the Romantic Period......Page 199 Afterword......Page 216 13 Placing 'Irish' and 'Romanticism' in the Same Frame: Prospects......Page 218 Index......Page 232 "Each essay in this collection is well written and of interest, and there is a clear focus on a discussion of Ireland and Romanticism throughout. The volume will be welcomed by scholars in the field and will make a significant contribution to academic debate on Romanticism in general."--James H. Murphy, DePaul University, Chicago, USA