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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157845003321

Autore

McCourt John

Titolo

Writing the frontier : Anthony Trollope between Britain and Ireland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-179645-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

823.8

Soggetti

English

Languages & Literatures

English Literature

Great Britain In literature

Ireland In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Anthony Trollope between Britain and Ireland -- Questions of justice in the early Irish novels -- Trollope and the famine -- A question of character--the many lives of Phineas Finn -- Gentlemen priests and rebellious curates : Trollope's Irish Catholic clergy -- Problems of form : Trollope's Irish short stories -- Trollope's Irish English -- Countering rebellion -- Afterword : Irish letters.

Sommario/riassunto

'Writing the Frontier' explores Trollope's relationship with Ireland, offering an in-depth exploration of his time there, contextualising his Irish novels and short stories and examining his ongoing interest in the country, its people, and its relationship with Britain.