Provides a new account of the emergence of Irish gothic fiction in mid-eighteenth century.
This book provides a robustly theorised and thoroughly historicised account of the …

In the early nineteenth century, London publishers dominated the transatlantic book trade.
No one felt this more keenly than authors from Ireland, Scotland, and the United States who …

Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture is a new monograph series that
aims to represent the most innovative research on literary works that were produced in the …

The Romantic period coincided with revolutionary transformations of traditional political and
human rights discourses, as well as witnessing rapid advances in technology and a …

Material Culture and Sedition, 1688-1760 is a groundbreaking study of the ways in which
material culture (and its associated designs, rituals and symbols) was used to avoid …

The eighteenth-century salon played an important role in shaping literary culture, while both
creating and sustaining transnational intellectual networks. Focusing on archival materials …

Often regarded as trivial and disposable, printed ephemera, such as tickets, playbills and
handbills, was essential in the development of eighteenth-century culture. In this original …

Explores the politics of nineteenth-century British realismOffers a new theory of institutions
grounded in temporalityOutlines a transnational theory of British realism that emerges from …

Nation and Migration explores the significant contributions of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales to
the development of a British Atlantic literature and culture, moving beyond traditional studies …

The Great Famine radically transformed Ireland; nearly one million people of the rural
countryside died, and the eviction of farmers led to massive emigration. The Famine …