Maria Edgeworth's The Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock: Symbolic Unification, Women's Education, and the Marriage Plot.

A literary criticism is presented of the play "The Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock" by Maria Edgeworth. The author focuses on the representation of marriage as an allegory for national unification in Ireland and the social status of women. Other topics include the symbolism of union, female education, a...

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Publicado en:Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 377 - 391
Autor principal: Chadwick Ross, Slaney
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press Winter2014
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Sumario:A literary criticism is presented of the play "The Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock" by Maria Edgeworth. The author focuses on the representation of marriage as an allegory for national unification in Ireland and the social status of women. Other topics include the symbolism of union, female education, and the development of national identity.