Anglo-Irish of the Nineteenth Century, The

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From: The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature
Date: 20000101
Author:ROBERT WELCH

Anglo-Irish of the Nineteenth Century, The (1828), a nationalistic novel published anonymously by John Banim , which offers an analysis of the political caste system of the period and a sardonic portrait of the ascendancy . The plot is a variant on the reformed absentee theme pioneered by Maria Edgeworth .

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