The Irish New Woman [electronic resource] /
O'Toole, Tina.author.
The Irish New Woman explores the textual and ideological connections between feminist, nationalist and anti-imperialist writing and political activism at the fin de siècle . This is the first study which foregrounds the Irish and New Woman contexts, effecting a paradigm shift in the critical reception of fin de siècle writers and their work.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The Irish new woman -- Feminism and famine -- Empire girls -- The new woman and the land war -- The "new" mother Ireland -- The new woman and the boy -- The transnational new woman -- Conclusion.
The Irish New Woman explores the textual and ideological connections between feminist, nationalist and anti-imperialist writing and political activism at the fin de siècle . This is the first study which foregrounds the Irish and New Woman contexts, effecting a paradigm shift in the critical reception of fin de siècle writers and their work.
British literature.
Literature, Modern-19th century.
Literature-Philosophy.
British and Irish Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Literary Theory.