Songs without Sunrise: Irish Victorian Poetry and the Risorgimento
Journal: Lingue Culture Mediazioni - Languages Cultures Mediation (LCM Journal)
Year: 2022

While the Risorgimento had a profound impact on the shape of English literature, this geopolitical crisis did not leave a similar imprint on Irish literature. Historical circumstances can explain why the nineteenth-century struggle for the unification of Italy did not lead to rapprochement between Italy and Ireland: support for the Italian cause put Irish nationalists in opposition with Catholic interests at home, while in the eyes of Italian nationalists the Irish question weakened the function