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Book SynopsisThis book identifies and interprets the longstanding, transatlantic dialogue between the literary imaginations of Anglo-Ireland and the Anglo-American South.
Trade ReviewThis is a lively and nuanced account of a fascinating subject. Crowell's readings span topics from the female dandy, to decadence, to the politics of class, nationality, race and gender, offering a fresh perspective on these canonical and lesser known texts. -- Emma Sutton, School of English, The University of St Andrews Crowell recuperates a transatlantic cultural heritage about which too little has been written ! [An] engaging and historically astute study. SEL - Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 This is a lively and nuanced account of a fascinating subject. Crowell's readings span topics from the female dandy, to decadence, to the politics of class, nationality, race and gender, offering a fresh perspective on these canonical and lesser known texts. Crowell recuperates a transatlantic cultural heritage about which too little has been written ! [An] engaging and historically astute study.
Table of ContentsContents; Acknowledgements; Introduction:; Sham Grandeurs, Sham Chivalries: Ascendancy and Aristocracy in Ireland and the American South; Chapter One:; Oaks, Serpents, and Dandies: Pseudoaristocracy in Maria; Edgeworth's Castle Rackrent and John Pendleton Kennedy's Swallow Barn; Chapter Two:; The Picture of Charles Bon: Oscar Wilde's Trip through; Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha; Chapter Three:; Ferocious Beauty: Elizabeth Bowen, Katherine Anne Porter,; and the Modernist Female Dandy; Epilogue:; The Dandy Unmasked.
