• Introduction: Daniel Corkery as postcolonial critic 

  Laird, Heather (Cork University Press, 2012)

  In the one-paragraph dismissals of Daniel Corkery that are to be found in so many post-1960s studies of Irish history, literary and culture, his analysis and the questions that he posed tend to be disregarded in favour of ...
• The ‘placing’ and politics of Bowen in contemporary Irish literary and cultural criticism 

  Laird, Heather (Irish Academic Press, 2009-04)

  This chapter provides an overview and analysis of contemporary scholarship on Elizabeth Bowen. In particular, it examines the role assigned in writings from conflicting critical and ideological perspectives to what is ...
• India and the translation of the Irish Brehon Laws 

  Laird, Heather (Irish Academic Press, 2006-09)

  This chapter explores the relationship between colonial rule in India and attitudes towards both the Brehon Laws and English rule in Ireland. It opens with a brief overview of the connection between colonial rule in India ...
• Germaine de Staël and the response of Sydney Owenson and Maria Edgeworth to the Act of Union 

  Ó Gallchoir, Clíona (Peter Lang, 2004-01)
• The whole fabric must be perfect: Maria Edgeworth's Literary Ladies and the representation of Ireland 

  Ó Gallchoir, Clíona (Irish Academic Press, 1997-03)

  This essay combines a stylistic analysis of the first part of Maria Edgeworth's Letters for Literary Ladies, entitled 'Letter from a Gentleman to his Friend, upon the Birth of a Daughter, with a reply', with a closer ...

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