‘Power to Observe’: Irish Women Novelists in Britain, 1890–1916

Author:   Eamon Maher ,  Whitney Standlee
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   62
ISBN:  

9783034318372


Pages:   278
Publication Date:   28 November 2014
Format:   Paperback
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‘Power to Observe’: Irish Women Novelists in Britain, 1890–1916


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Author:   Eamon Maher ,  Whitney Standlee
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   62
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9783034318372


ISBN 10:   3034318375
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   28 November 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents: Irish Women, British Politics, and the Novel – A View from ‘Both Sides’: Emily Lawless’s Rebellion Novels and the Irish Question – ‘You Can’t Have a Big World If You Only Just Know This Part’: The Critique of Cultural Insularity in the Novels of L. T. Meade – ‘No Country’ for Old Maids: Escaping Ireland in the Novels of George Egerton and Katherine Cecil Thurston – ‘Your Dream-Ireland Does Not Exist’: M. E. Francis, Catholicism, and the Irish Literary Establishment – ‘Affection for England and Love of Ireland’: The Altering Landscapes of Katharine Tynan – Writing about Ireland; Writing about Problems.

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The strengths of Power to Observe lie in the author's meticulous research and thorough command of her subject matter. ... [This] is an important work that offers fresh perspectives on the lives and works of Irish women writers who forged professional careers in Britain between 1890 and 1916. (Janis Dawson, English Literature in Transition, 59/2016)


«The strengths of “Power to Observe” lie in the author’s meticulous research and thorough command of her subject matter. ... [This] is an important work that offers fresh perspectives on the lives and works of Irish women writers who forged professional careers in Britain between 1890 and 1916.» (Janis Dawson, English Literature in Transition, 59/2016)


Author Information

Whitney Standlee lectures in English Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Worcester. Her research interests include late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Irish women’s writing and women’s contributions to popular culture after 1880. She has published on the politics of Irish women’s writing, land war fiction and the Irish Künstlerroman. Currently, she is co-editing the forthcoming collection Irish Women’s Writing 1878-1922: Advancing the Cause of Liberty.

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