This collection by leading scholars in the field provides a fascinating and ground-breaking introduction to current research in Irish Romantic studies. It proves the international scope and aesthetic appeal of Irish writing in this period, and shows the importance of Ireland to wider currents in Romanticism.

This edited collection provides a new and radical reassessment of Irish literature and culture in the Romantic period from an international group of academics

Introduction; J.Kelly Part I: Scenes: The Country and the City Cín Lae Amhlaoibh: Modernization and the Irish language; P.Ó Drisceoil Jemmy O'Brien: Informer to Gothic Villain; T.Webb Part II: Influences from Abroad Spanish Literature and Irish Romanticism, 1800-1850; A.MacCarthy Robert Burns and Hibernia; S.Dornan Part III: The Irish Writer Abroad 'Transatlantic Tom': Thomas Moore in North America; J.Moore A United Irishman in the Alps: William MacNevin's A Ramble Through Swisserland (1803); P.Vincent Lady Morgan (Sydney Owenson) and the Politics of Romanticism; S.Egenolf Part IV: Irish Poetry in the Romantic Period Drawing Breath: The Origin of Moore's Irish Melodies; A.Paterson Malvina's Daughters: Irish Women Poets and the Sign of the Bard; L.Davis Part V: Fictions of the Romantic Period The Irish Booktrade in the Romantic Period; C.Benson 'Gothic' and 'National'? Challenging the Formal Distinctions of Irish Romantic Fiction; C.Morin Escaping from Barrett's Moon: Recreating the Irish Literary Landscape in the Romantic Period; J.Shanahan Afterword: Placing 'Irish' and 'Romanticism' in the Same Frame: Prospects; S.Behrendt Index