Literature and the Irish Famine 1845-1919 (Oxford Historical Monographs)

by Melissa Fegan (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2002

  $196.89

  The impact of the Irish Famine of 1845-1852 was unparalleled in both political and psychological terms. In this scholarly new study, Melissa Fegan explores the Famine's legacy to literature, tracing it down to 1919. Dr Fegan examines both fiction and non-fiction, and provides a strong historical framework for the understanding of the contemporary Irish mentality.