Literature and the Irish Famine 1845–1919
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8091499 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melissa Fegan (0000-0002-6015-6686, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Pages | 281 |
| Publication date | 2002-08-08 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Literature and the Irish famine, 1845-1919 (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780199254644.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4388345521 |
| Open Library | OL17719853M |
| ISBN | 9780199254644 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
The impact of the Irish famine of 1845-1852 was unparalleled in both political and psychological terms. The effects of famine-related mortality and emigration were devastating, in the field of literature no less than in other areas. In this incisive new study, Melissa Fegan explores the famine's legacy to literature, tracing it in the work of contemporary writers and their successors, down to 1919. Dr Fegan examines both fiction and non-fiction, including journalism, travel-narratives and the Irish novels of Anthony Trollope. She argues that an examination of famine literature that simply categorizes it as 'minor' or views it only as a silence or an absence misses the very real contribution that it makes to our understanding of the period. This is an important contribution to the study of Irish history and literature, sharply illuminating contemporary Irish mentalities
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Economic history · Emigration · Famine · Irish · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Silence · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Philosophy · 1837-1901 · 1845-1852 · 19th century · 20th century · Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) · British Literature · English literature · Famine, 1845-1852 · Famines · Famines in literature · Historiography · History and criticism · in literature · ireland · Irish Authors · Knowledge · Literature and history · Literature and society
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2026 (23) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |