num_pages: 220
description: Ina Ferris examines the way in which the problem of "incomplete union" (generated by the formation of the United Kingdom in 1800) destabilized British public discourse in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Ferris presents a full-length study of the chief genre to emerge out of the political problem of Union: the national tale, an intercultural and mostly female-authored fictional mode that articulated Irish grievances to English readers.Ferris draws on current theory and archival research to show how the national tale crucially intersected with other public genres such as travel narratives, critical reviews and political discourse. In this fascinating study, Ferris shows how the national tales of Morgan, Edgeworth, Maturin, and the Banim brothers dislodged key British assumptions and foundational narratives of history, family and gender in the period.
language: English
title: The Romantic National Tale and the Question of Ireland
titlecomplete: The Romantic National Tale and the Question of Ireland (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism, Series Number 51)
characters: Charles Maturin, John Banim, Michael Banim, Sydney, Lady Morgan, Maria Edgeworth
genres: Philosophy
ratings_count: 4
places: Ireland, United Kingdom
series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
publisher: Cambridge University Press