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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.
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.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has
made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the
globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to
scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of
other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading
authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date
bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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.
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