Animals in Irish Literature and Culture spans the early modern period to the present, exploring colonial, post-colonial, and globalized manifestations of Ireland as country and state as well as the human animal and non-human animal migrations that challenge a variety of literal and cultural borders.

Jane Austen and Mary Shelley and Their Sisters is an unprecedented work that provides an in-depth analysis of the work of women novelists from the Romantic age, a period that has long been exclusively designated as the province of canonized male poets. Although there are many volumes on the works of Austen and Shelley, this collection is the first to consider these writers and others in the wider context of English fiction by women during the 1780s to 1830s. Collectively, the authors examine the works of nearly fifteen women novelists of the Romantic period whose works encompass the prevailing social and political realities of the time. They demonstrate that women writers were not following a specific formula to produce their creative works but were instead responding to an insatiable market for their imaginative and infinitely varied wares. A must-read for scholars of women's studies as well as 19th century British literature, Jane Austen and Mary Shelley and Their Sisters is sure to be an important resource for years to come.

Animals in Irish Literature and Culture spans the early modern period to the present, exploring colonial, post-colonial, and globalized manifestations of Ireland as country and state as well as the human animal and non-human animal migrations that challenge a variety of literal and cultural borders.

"I long to study the purely national, purely natural character of an Irishwoman." When Horatio, the son of an English lord, is banished to his father's Irish estate as punishment for his dissipated ways, he goes off in search of adventure. On the wild west coast of Connaught he finds remnants of a romantic Gaelic past--a dilapidated castle, a Catholic priest, a deposed king and the king's lovely daughter Glorvina. In this setting and among these characters Horatio learns the history, culture, and language of a country he had once scorned, but he must do so in disguise, for his own English ancestors are responsible for the ruin of the Gaelic family he comes to love.
Written after the Act of Union, The Wild Irish Girl. (1806) is a passionately nationalistic novel and a founding text in the discourse of Irish nationalism. This unique paperback edition includes the 'Introductory Letters' to the novel as well as Owenson's footnotes, rich in detail on the Irish language, history, and legend.
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Finally, a comprehensive resource for Friends of the Library groups to use to design programming intended to invite ALL segments of the community into the library. Inside, you'll find information about advertising, overcoming obstacles, setting up a Teen Council, as well as 201+ "recipes" for programs, series, library exposure and fundraising. The ideas and plans presented can be scaled up, scaled down, or modified to suit individual needs. They can also be utilized by civic organizations, schools, churches, community centers, or anyone else seeking to get people together for fun, entertainment and education.

A collection that begins with this line..."Once we even used bacon grease-" is one that gets your attention quickly. Readers realize soon that this collection tells the story of the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery from breast cancer. The shock of diagnosis gives way to a poet's wondering why and how and when, and then poet Kirkpatrick takes her readers through the entire course. There is the clinical reality that begins with denial and gives way to words a woman "never imagined you'd ever need to hear: it's time to save your life."Along the way in this lyrical path, there is the kindness of strangers, like the woman whose son is in chemo who befriends the narrator, and the lover who gently touches her scars as an act of foreplay. Ms. Kirkpatrick has also found humor in the struggle in the stories of others, like Glenda who works topless and breastless in her garden even when the neighbors call the cops on her and Donna who gets so excited flat-foot dancing that she takes out her Dolly Parton prostheses and flings them at her surprised partner. Through the course of this collection Ms. Kirkpatrick finds success and hope-small and large-and recovery. Within Unaccountable Weather, the poet's stance and tone remain straight ahead, objective. There is no sentimentalism in this dance between life and death.

Exploring two centuries of Irish women's writing, contributors from Ireland and the United States show how these women have struggled against both colonialism and their own patriarchal nation.

Writing in the shadows of Joyce and Yeats, Irish women have long contributed to the ongoing formation of Irish identities. "Border Crossings" secures for a largely overlooked body of writing its place in the Irish literary canon.
Ranging from consideration of early writers such as Maria Edgeworth and Sydney Owenson to recent feminist pamphlet wars. "Border Crossings" explores the connections between personal and national identities, politics and literary style, and gender and artistic vocation. Some essays focus on prominent writers such as Augusta Gregory and Eavan Boland, and others introduce readers to lesser-known voices such as Emily Lawless and Mary Beckett. Some also show how groups of women, such as upper-middle-class Catholics and lesbians, have used their writing to construct social goals. All help to revise the perception of historical and contemporary roles Irish women writers have played in shaping--and being shaped by--Irish history.By surveying writers of poetry, fiction, drama, and even pamphlets, "Border Crossings" demonstrates the breadth and vitality of Irish women's writing. It shows that today's Irish women writers have significant foremothers, and more of them than we usually think.

Jane Austen and Mary Shelley and Their Sisters is an unprecedented work that provides an in-depth analysis of the work of women novelists from the Romantic age, a period that has long been exclusively designated as the province of canonized male poets. Although there are many volumes on the works of Austen and Shelley, this collection is the first to consider these writers and others in the wider context of English fiction by women during the 1780s to 1830s. Collectively, the authors examine the works of nearly fifteen women novelists of the Romantic period whose works encompass the prevailing social and political realities of the time. They demonstrate that women writers were not following a specific formula to produce their creative works but were instead responding to an insatiable market for their imaginative and infinitely varied wares. A must-read for scholars of women's studies as well as 19th century British literature, Jane Austen and Mary Shelley and Their Sisters is sure to be an important resource for years to come.