The regional novel in Britain and Ireland, 1800-1990 /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by K.D.M. Snell.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1998.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 300 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, map ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The regional novel: themes for interdisciplinary research / K.D.M. Snell -- Regionalism and nationalism: Maria Edgeworth, Walter Scott and the definition of Britishness / Liz Bellamy -- The deep romance of Manchester: Gaskell's 'Mary Barton' / Harriet Guest -- Geographies of Hardy's Wessex / John Barrell -- Gender and Cornwall: Charles Kingsley to Daphne du Maurier / Philip Dodd -- James Joyce and mythic realism / Declan Kiberd -- Cookson, Chaplin, and Common: three northern writers in 1951 / Robert Colls -- Emyr Humphreys: regional novelist? / M. Wynn Thomas -- Scotland and the regional novel / Cairns Craig -- Mapping the modern city: Alan Sillitoe's Nottingham novel / Stephen Daniels and Simon Rycroft.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This interdisciplinary collection of essays from leading literary critics, historians and cultural geographers, addresses the regional novel in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. It establishes the broader social and political context in which these novels emerged, and by combining historical and literary approaches to the subject it explores contemporary manifestations of regionalism and nationalism in Britain and Ireland.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
English fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
English fiction-- History and criticism.
English fiction-- Irish authors-- History and criticism.
Literature and society-- Great Britain-- History.
Literature and society-- Ireland-- History.
Regionalism in literature.
18.05 English literature.
Engels.
English fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
English fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
English fiction-- Irish authors-- History and criticism.
English fiction-- Irish authors.
English fiction.
Literature and society-- Great Britain-- History.
Literature and society-- Ireland-- History.
Literature and society.
Literature.
Littérature et société-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire et critique.
Littérature irlandaise de langue anglaise-- Histoire et critique.
Regionalism in literature.
Regionalism in literature.
Régionalisme (littérature)
Regionalroman
Roman anglais-- 19e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique.