Description: Further DetailsTitle: Castle RackrentCondition: NewEAN: 9780199537556ISBN: 9780199537556Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/09/2008Item Height: 196mmItem Length: 128mmItem Width: 10mmLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0199537550Description: During the 1790s, with Ireland in political crisis, Maria Edgeworth made a surprisingly rebellious choice: in Castle Rackrent, her first novel, she adopted an Irish Catholic voice to narrate the decline of a family from her own Anglo-Irish class. Castle Rackrent's narrator, Thady Quirk, gives us four generations of Rackrent heirs - Sir Patrick, the dissipated spendthrift; Sir Murtagh, the litigating fiend; Sir Kit, the brutal husband and gambling absentee; and Sir Condy, the lovable and improvident dupe of Thady's own son, Jason.With this satire on Anglo-Irish landlords Edgeworth pioneered the regional novel and inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverly (1814). She also changed the focus of conflict in Ireland from religion to class and boldly predicted the rise of the Irish Catholic Bourgeoisie. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBContributor: Kathryn J. Kirkpatrick (Introduction by), George Watson (Edited by)Genre: FictionBook Series: Oxford World's ClassicsTopic: Classic Fiction, Historical FictionAuthor: Maria EdgeworthItem Weight: 133gRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Castle Rackrent
Title: Castle Rackrent
EAN: 9780199537556
ISBN: 9780199537556
Release Date: 10/09/2008
Release Year: 2008
ISBN-10: 0199537550
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Contributor: George Watson (Edited by)
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Edition: 2
Book Title: Castle Rackrent
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Topic: General
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 0.4 in
Features: New Edition
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 4.7 Oz
Item Length: 7.7 in
Author: Maria Edgeworth
Book Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
