Rogues and the picaresque in early Irish fiction, 1660-1790
The theme of this thesis is the use of rogue characters and picaresque conventions in fiction relating to Ireland in the period from 1660 to 1790. The thesis provides an account of how a tradition of prose fiction concerning Irish criminals was shaped into an Irish novel in the eighteenth century. T...
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Queen's University Belfast
2015
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.679211 |