The Regional Novel in Britain and Ireland 18001990 [Paperback]

The Regional Novel In Britain and Ireland, 18001990 will be of interest to literary and social historians as well as cultural critics.The regional novel has been remarkably neglected as a subject, despite the enormous number of authors who can be classified as having written regional fiction. This interdisciplinary collection addresses the regional novel in Ireland and Britain. It establishes the broader social and political context in which these novels emerged, and combines historical and literary approaches to explore contemporary manifestations of regionalism and nationalism.The regional novel has been remarkably neglected as a subject, despite the enormous number of authors who can be classified as having written regional fiction. This interdisciplinary collection addresses the regional novel in Ireland and Britain. It establishes the broader social and political context in which these novels emerged, and combines historical and literary approaches to explore contemporary manifestations of regionalism and nationalism.The regional novel has been remarkably neglected as a subject, despite the enormous number of authors who can be classified as having written regional fiction. This interdisciplinary collection addresses the regional novel in Ireland and Britain. It establishes the broader social and political context in which these novels emerged, and combines historical and literary approaches to explore contemporary manifestations of regionalism and nationalism.Preface and acknowledgements; 1. The regional novel: themes for interdisciplinary research K. D. M. Snell; 2. Regionalism and nationalism: Maria Edgeworth, Walter Scott and the definition of Britishness Liz Bellamy; 3. The deep romance of Manchester: Gaskell's 'Mary Barton' Harriet Guest; 4. Geographies of Hardy's Wessex John Barrell; 5. Gender and Cornwall: Charles Kingsley to Daphne du Maurier Philip Dodd; 6. James Joyce and mythic realism Declan Kiberd; 7. Cookson, Chaplin and Common: three northern wl“,