Much has been written about the decline of the United Kingdom. The Two Unions looks
instead at the lengthy survival of the Union, examining the institutions, structures, and …

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 …

This book explores the politicization of consumer goods in eighteenth-century Ireland.
Moving beyond tangible items purchased by consumers, it examines the political …

This essay argues that, despite recent work, the self-conscious aspects of later-eighteenth
and early-nineteenth century fiction have been under-explored. It considers manifestations …

In 1800, the Act of Union was passed by the British and Irish parliaments, uneasily uniting
two countries that only two years before had been engaged in violent conflict. The new entity …

This chapter examines the relationship between Irish Anglophone literature and
Anglophone literatures elsewhere in the British Isles in the era of Union. The prominence of …

1 The term―New Woman‖ was coined by Sarah Grand in her 1894―The New Aspect of
the Woman Question.‖ According to Carolyn Christensen Nelson,―The New Woman …

Using a neglected case study, this essay questions the links between the rise and spread of
historical fiction in nineteenth-century Europe, the use of national images, and the …

Despite the proliferation of conduct manuals highlighting the domestic womans manifold
virtues and the abundant caricatures of the vulgar learned womans masculine antics, there …

The titles and dates of first publications are given in the text; the items listed here are those
consulted and cited in the notes. There is, consequently, a difference in title and date …