The European Metropolis: Paris and Nineteenth-Century Irish Women Novelists
Matthew L. Reznicek
Abstract
This is the first book to explore Irish women’s novels and the representation of Paris, which draws these writers into a recognizably European literary tradition. By reasserting the centrality of Paris, this book draws connections between Irish women writers and European writers, forging new points of contact between Irish literature and canonical figures like Goethe, Balzac, and Zola through the shared interest in the socio-economic development of modernity. The European Metropolis not only expands the map of Irish Studies, but also to expand the canon of and the critical framework in which s ... More
Keywords: Irish Literature, Irish Women Novelists, Women’s Writing, Urban Studies, Economics in Literature
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2018 | Print ISBN-13: 9781942954323 |
| Published to Liverpool Scholarship Online: January 2018 | DOI:10.5949/liverpool/9781942954323.001.0001 |
