Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-271) and index.
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Faction: the historiography of the Great Famine -- War of words: the Famine in The Times and The Nation -- Victims and voyeurs: travelling in Famine Ireland -- The immigrant's evasion: the subtext of Trollope's 'Famine' novels -- William Carleton in retrospect: the Irish prophecy man -- 'A ghastly spectral army': history, identity, and the visionary poet -- The black stream: politics and proselytism in second-generation Famine novels.