The Anglo-Irish Novel
S07
Annabel Davis-Goff
The contribution to British literature by the politically powerful, Protestant, land-owning Anglo-Irish is substantial and important. We will read Maria Edgeworth and Somerville and Ross as representatives of the ascendancy, as well as novels that reflect the political changes of the 1920s, and life for the descendents of this formerly powerful section of Irish society after Irish independence. Students will write one essay and some shorter papers.