Includes bibliographical references (pages 225 - 249) and index.
Contents:
The Irish writing of Richard Head -- Ireland in popular criminal literature, 1680-1750 -- Crime and Irishness in ramble fiction, 1750-1770 -- Migratory fictions: Charles Johnston and the Irish novel in the 1780s.
Summary:
"Lines has crafted a study of criminal biography and picaresque or "rogue" fiction from 1660 to 1790 which demonstrates the central part played by these forms in the early history of the Irish novel"-- Provided by publisher.
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