The Irish New Woman

by Tina O'Toole

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230313910
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/12/2013
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
Edition description:	2013
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements viii

Introduction: the Irish New Woman 1

1 Feminism and Famine 17

2 Empire Girls 43

3 The New Woman and the Land War 67

4 The New Mother Ireland 88

5 The New Woman and the Boy 110

6 The Transnational New Woman 129

Conclusion 149

Notes 153

Bibliography 180

Index 195

Editorial Reviews

'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

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