Book contents
- Irish Literature in Transition, 1880–1940
- Irish Literature In Transition
- Irish Literature in Transition, 1880–1940
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Series Preface
- General Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I Revisionary Foundations
- Part II Revolutionary Forms
- Chapter 6 Print Culture Landscapes 1880–1922
- Chapter 7 Revolutionary Lives in the Rearview Mirror: Memoir and Autobiography
- Chapter 8 The Hugh Lane Controversy and the Irish Revival
- Chapter 9 New Irish Women and New Women’s Writing
- Part III Major Figures in Transition
- Part IV Aftermaths and Outcomes
- Part V Frameworks in Transition
- Index
Chapter 9 - New Irish Women and New Women’s Writing
from Part II - Revolutionary Forms
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Book contents
- Irish Literature in Transition, 1880–1940
- Irish Literature In Transition
- Irish Literature in Transition, 1880–1940
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Series Preface
- General Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I Revisionary Foundations
- Part II Revolutionary Forms
- Chapter 6 Print Culture Landscapes 1880–1922
- Chapter 7 Revolutionary Lives in the Rearview Mirror: Memoir and Autobiography
- Chapter 8 The Hugh Lane Controversy and the Irish Revival
- Chapter 9 New Irish Women and New Women’s Writing
- Part III Major Figures in Transition
- Part IV Aftermaths and Outcomes
- Part V Frameworks in Transition
- Index
Summary
The rise of the controversial ‘new woman’ figure in 1890s Britain had important reverberations transnationally but her influence and the specifically Irish origins of this first-wave feminist figure have been forgotten in the intervening century. Irish writers associated with this movement include some of the best-known names in new woman fiction and drama, including George Egerton, L. T. Meade, George Moore, Katherine Cecil Thurston, E. L. Voynich, and the writing couple Somerville and Ross, just to give some examples.
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- Irish Literature in Transition, 1880–1940 , pp. 152 - 170Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020