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...
| Publicado en: | Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 377 - 391 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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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. |
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