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To what extent did the Irish disappear from English politics, life
and consciousness following the Anglo-Irish War? Mo Moulton offers
a new perspective on this question through an analysis of the
process by which Ireland and the Irish were redefined in English
culture as a feature of personal life and civil society rather than
a political threat. Considering the Irish as the first postcolonial
minority, she argues that the Irish case demonstrates an English
solution to the larger problem of the collapse of multi-ethnic
empires in the twentieth century. Drawing on an array of new
archival evidence, Moulton discusses the many varieties of
Irishness present in England during the 1920s and 1930s, including
working-class republicans, relocated southern loyalists, and Irish
enthusiasts. The Irish connection was sometimes repressed, but it
was never truly forgotten; this book recovers it in settings as
diverse as literary societies, sabotage campaigns, drinking clubs,
and demonstrations.
To what extent did the Irish disappear from English politics, life
and consciousness following the Anglo-Irish War? Mo Moulton offers
a new perspective on this question through an analysis of the
process by which Ireland and the Irish were redefined in English
culture as a feature of personal life and civil society rather than
a political threat. Considering the Irish as the first postcolonial
minority, they argue that the Irish case demonstrates an English
solution to the larger problem of the collapse of multi-ethnic
empires in the twentieth century. Drawing on an array of new
archival evidence, Moulton discusses the many varieties of
Irishness present in England during the 1920s and 1930s, including
working-class republicans, relocated southern loyalists, and Irish
enthusiasts. The Irish connection was sometimes repressed, but it
was never truly forgotten; this book recovers it in settings as
diverse as literary societies, sabotage campaigns, drinking clubs,
and demonstrations.
'An enjoyable anthem to friendship' Hephzibah Anderson, Observer
'Hugely enjoyable . . . Modern-day readers can thank the ambitious,
complicated, funny, brave women of the Mutual Admiration Society'
Anna Carey, Sunday Business Post 'A tribute to that precious but
still unsung thing: the loving bond between female friends, based
on intellectual exchange and deep affection' Charlotte Higgins,
Guardian Winner of the Agatha Award for best nonfiction 2020
Dorothy L. Sayers is now famous for her Lord Peter Wimsey and
Harriet Vane detective series, but she was equally well known
during her life for an essay asking 'Are Women Human?' Women's
rights were expanding rapidly during Sayers's lifetime; she and her
friends were some of the first women to receive degrees from
Oxford. Yet, as historian Mo Moulton reveals, it was clear from the
many professional and personal obstacles they faced that society
was not ready to concede that women were indeed fully human.
Dubbing themselves the Mutual Admiration Society, Sayers and her
classmates remained lifelong friends and collaborators as they
fought for a truly democratic culture that acknowledged their equal
humanity. A celebration of feminism and female friendship, Mutual
Admiration Society offers crucial insight into Dorothy L. Sayers
and her world.
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