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

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

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Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 1349418374
ISBN13: 9781349418374
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Jan 1 2003
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
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 'savage'. This book explores how the Irish country house was the focus of conflict between and symbiosis of 'civilisation' and 'savagery'.

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