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Making Maps: Irish Literature in Transition, 1780–1830

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2020

Claire Connolly
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University College Cork
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Between 1780 and 1830, a highly distinctive body of imaginative writing emerged in Ireland, formed by and in turn helping to mould the linguistic, political, historical, and geographical divisions characteristic of Irish life. The intense and turbulent creative effort involved bore witness to a key transition at the beginning of the nineteenth century: the emergence of modern Irish literature as a distinct cultural category. During these years, Irish literature came to consist of a recognisable body of work, which later generations could draw on, quote, anthologise, and debate. This chapter offers a new map of the making of Irish literature in the romantic period, as well as introducing the aims of the volume as a whole.

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Print publication year: 2020

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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Claire Connolly, University College Cork
  • Book: Irish Literature in Transition, 1780–1830
  • Online publication: 28 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108632218.002
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Claire Connolly, University College Cork
  • Book: Irish Literature in Transition, 1780–1830
  • Online publication: 28 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108632218.002
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Claire Connolly, University College Cork
  • Book: Irish Literature in Transition, 1780–1830
  • Online publication: 28 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108632218.002
Available formats
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