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Chapter 7 - The Charms of Ireland: Travel Writing and Tourism

from Part II - Ireland and the Liberal Arts and Sciences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2020

By
Glenn Hooper
Edited by
Matthew Campbell
Matthew Campbell
Affiliation:
University of York
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Summary

Great Famine came to see at first-hand the miseries of the people, and to offer analysis of ways forward, not all of which was either unhelpful or discourteous. The chapter also offers a brief study of the late-nineteenth-century writers who appeared unable to free themselves from feelings of insecurity and strife, and of how political uncertainty impinged so completely upon their texts. Drawing tourism developments and literary texts together, this chapter demonstrates the importance of the travel narrative form, its contribution to our political understanding of a particular period and its relevance to literary history more generally.

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CulturereligionidentitypovertyFamineQuakersresettlementUnionFenians
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Irish Literature in Transition, 1830–1880 , pp. 108 - 124
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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