The Regional Novel in Britain and Ireland: 1800-1990

Theregionalnovelhasbeenremarkablyneglectedasasubject,despitetheenormousnumberofauthorswhocanbeclassifiedashavingwrittenregionalfiction.Thisinterdisciplinarycollectionofessaysfromleadingliterarycritics,historiansandculturalgeographers,addressestheregionalnovelinIreland,Scotland,WalesandEngland.Itestablishesthebroadersocialandpoliticalcontextsinwhichthesenovelsemerged,andbycombininghistoricalandliteraryapproachestothesubjectexplorescontemporarymanifestationsofregionalismandnationalisminBritainandIreland.TheRegionalNovelInBritainandIreland,1800–1990willbeofinteresttoliteraryandsocialhistoriansaswellasculturalcritics.