This is the first comprehensive study of the Irish writers of the Victorian age, some of them still remembered, most of them now forgotten. Their work was often

This is the first comprehensive study of the neglected Irish writers of the Victorian age, whose work was highly popular with the British reading audience and t

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Knowing their Place is a comprehensive account of the public, private and intellectual life of Irish women in the Victorian age. In particular, this book looks