This book, originally published in 1978. was the first full-length
critical study of the life and works of the Irish writer Gerald
Griffin (1803 1840), who is best known for his once celebrated
romantic novel The Collegians. After an unsuccessful start in
London in the 1820s, he turned to the writing of regional novels
and tales. He hoped these would give the English public a realistic
picture of contemporary Ireland, and would induce them to
reconsider their often antagonistic attitude to the Irish. Dr
Cronin gives a full account of Griffin's life and literary career,
and traces his gradual decline into creative sterility, using
unpublished letters and other forgotten source material. He
explores Griffin's period of journalism, examines the formative
influence of his early struggles in London, and analyses in detail
his novels, stories and drama. Throughout, he relates Griffin's
work to that of his contemporaries and to the troubled Ireland of
the time, and seeks to establish him firmly as a significant
representative figure in an Anglo-Irish literary tradition.
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