Overview

The Irish New Woman explores the textual and ideological connections between feminist, nationalist and anti-imperialist writing and political activism at the fin de siècle . This is the first study which foregrounds the Irish and New Woman contexts, effecting a paradigm shift in the critical reception of fin de siècle writers and their work.

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'O'Toole has admirably accomplished her stated goal of 'complicat[ing] and enrich[ing] conventional narratives of literary history as well as the discourses of gender, sexual and national identities.'' Maureen O'Connor, Irish Literary Supplement

'O'Toole has admirably accomplished her stated goal of 'complicat[ing] and enrich[ing] conventional narratives of literary history as well as the discourses of gender, sexual and national identities. Maureen O'Connor, Irish Literary Supplement

'O'Toole has admirably accomplished her stated goal of 'complicat[ing] and enrich[ing] conventional narratives of literary history as well as the discourses of gender, sexual and national identities. - Maureen O'Connor, Irish Literary Supplement

Author Information

Tina O'Toole is Lecturer in English in the School of Language, Literature, Culture and Communication at the University of Limerick, Ireland.

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