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The Grounded Patriot: Oliver Goldsmith as Historical Compiler
(Trinity College Dublin. School of English. Discipline of English, 2019)Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) began his career as a writer in London in 1757 and laboured as an anonymous hack until he leaped into literary stardom with the publication of his first, major poem, The Traveller (1764). His ... -
Horace Dorrington, criminal detective: investigating the re-emergence of the rogue in Arthur Morrison's The Dorrington Deed-Box (1897).
(McFarland, 2010)Regarding The Dorrington Deed-Box (1897), Arthur Morrison’s critically neglected second contribution to the post–Sherlock Holmes detective short story genre, the author argues that as Dorrington is both a detective and ... -
Fairies in Early Modern English Drama: Fictionality and Theatrical Landscapes, 1575-1615
(Trinity College Dublin. School of English. Discipline of English, 2019)In 1575, the fairy queen appeared as a character in the entertainments presented to Queen Elizabeth I at Woodstock in what appears to be the first instance of a fairy character scripted into an English dramatic performance. ... -
Irish writers and the British periodical press 1880-1900
(Trinity College Dublin. School of English. Discipline of English, 2019)This project assesses the extent and significance of Irish contributions to the British periodical press of the 1880s and 1890s. It examines the cultural and historical context of some fifteen writers, situating them in a ... -
Explorations of "an alien past": Identity, Gender, and Belonging in the Short Fiction of Mavis Gallant, Alice Munro, and Margaret Atwood
(Trinity College Dublin. School of English. Discipline of English, 2019)The short fiction of Canadian writers Mavis Gallant, Alice Munro, and Margaret Atwood highlights the continued and evolving complexity of national identity and gender inequality issues, in Canada and transnationally. These ...
