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Irish Materialisms: The Nonhuman and the Making of Colonial Ireland, 1690-1830

Irish Materialisms: The Nonhuman and the Making of Colonial Ireland, 1690-1830

Through an intimate understanding of the materiality Irish peasants handled on a daily basis, this book presents a new portrait of Irish character that reflects greater empowerment, resistance, and expression in the oppressed Irish than has been previously recognized.

Colleen Taylor (Assistant Professor of English and Irish Stud ies, Assiant Professor of English and Irish Studies, Boston College)

  • Oxford University Press
  • 9780198894834
  • 256 pages
  • Hardback
  • United Kingdom
  • Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800