From 1800 to 1830, Irish writers and orators gave a new visibility and viability to Irish literature in English. This groundbreaking survey of Irish literature of the period provides an enlightening and accessible account covering both well-known authors like Maria Edgeworth, Lady Morgan, Charles Maturin, and Thomas Moore, and a cacophony of less well-known voices. Figures from barristers to politicians, from ideologues to academics, and from hacks to ascetics together created a rowdy and flamboyant debate about the nature of Irish genius. Frequently rejected by British and Irish observers alike as overly florid and suspiciously sentimental, Irish writing in the Romantic period gives a fascinating window into debates about the role and nature of oratory in an increasingly democratising society. This is a landmark study not only in the field of Irish literature, but also in wider histories of rhetoric and the Romantic period.
| ISBN: | 9781009605793 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2026 |
| Author: | Jim Kelly |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 250 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Romanticism |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Classic fiction: general and literary Classic and pre-20th century plays Speeches |
From 1800 to 1830, Irish writers and orators gave a new visibility and viability to Irish literature in English. This groundbreaking survey of Irish literature of the period provides an enlightening and accessible account covering both well-known authors like Maria Edgeworth, Lady Morgan, Charles Maturin, and Thomas Moore, and a cacophony of less well-known voices. Figures from barristers to politicians, from ideologues to academics, and from hacks to ascetics together created a rowdy and flamboyant debate about the nature of Irish genius. Frequently rejected by British and Irish observers alike as overly florid and suspiciously sentimental, Irish writing in the Romantic period gives a fascinating window into debates about the role and nature of oratory in an increasingly democratising society. This is a landmark study not only in the field of Irish literature, but also in wider histories of rhetoric and the Romantic period.
Irish Romanticism, Rhetoric, and Writing features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Speeches
Irish Romanticism, Rhetoric, and Writing is available in Hardback, Paperback
Irish Romanticism, Rhetoric, and Writing was written by Jim Kelly and published by Cambridge University Press
Irish Romanticism, Rhetoric, and Writing has 250 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Romanticism series
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