New Contexts: Re-Framing Nineteenth-Century Irish Women's Prose in Bloomington, MN

This important collection contains new readings of the prose works of nineteenth-century Irish women. The contributors, a wide-ranging group of international scholars, place this writing in new contexts and through these rediscovered women's literary perspectives offer a fresh view of the nineteenth century. Among the authors examined are: Elizabeth Hamilton, Lady Blessington, Selina Bunbury, Mrs. Hungerford, M.E. Francis, Lily McManus, Sommerville and Ross.