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The Rogue Narrative and Irish Fiction, 1660-1790

The Rogue Narrative and Irish Fiction, 1660-1790

Lines, Joe

Paperback

Series: Irish Studies

Literary CriticismIrish History

ISBN10: 0815637144
ISBN13: 9780815637141
Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr
Published: Sep 20 2021
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.60 Width: 7.70 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

With characteristic lawlessness and connection to the common man, the figure of the rogue commanded the world of Irish fiction from 1660 to 1790. During this period of development for the Irish novel, this archetypal figure appears over and over again. Early Irish fiction combined the picaresque genre, focusing on a cunning, witty trickster or pícaro, with the escapades of real and notorious criminals. On the one hand, such rogue tales exemplified the English stereotypes of an unruly Ireland, but on the other, they also personified Irish patriotism. Existing between the dual publishing spheres of London and Dublin, the rogue narrative explored the complexities of Anglo-Irish relations.

In this volume, Lines investigates why writers during the long eighteenth-century so often turned to the rogue narrative to discuss Ireland. Alongside recognized works of Irish fiction, such as those by William Chaigneau,

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