Maria Edgeworths Irish Writing

By Brian Hollingworth

Edgeworth is regarded as a pioneer in the development of the regional novel and the use of vernacular language. This study investigates her attitudes towards language and regionalism. It shows, by a detailed discussion of her major Irish texts - Castle Rackrent , Essay on Irish Bulls , Ennui , The Absentee and Ormond - how her intellectual 'Lunar' background, and her life in Ireland during the momentous years of the Union is reflected in the form and language of her writing.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333681665
• ISBN13: 9780333681664
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"