Literary Representations of the Irish Country House: Civilisation and Savagery Under the Union

by Malcolm Kelsall and Malcolm Kelsall Professor

This innovative new study examines the significance given to the country house in Ireland under the Union and how this is represented in the works of Edgeworth, Lever, Trollope, Martin and Somerville, Bowen and Lady Gregory. The Irish country house is set in a classical and European context as the centre for 'the good life' and the pinnacle of 'civilisation'. In Ireland, that inherited tradition was challenged by an alternative culture nominated as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349418374
• ISBN13: 9781349418374
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"