Irish Gothic literature developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Most of the writers were Anglo-Irish. The period from 1691 to 1800 was marked by the dominance of the Protestant Ascendancy, Anglo-Irish families of the Church of Ireland who controlled most of the land. The Irish Parliament, which was almost exclusively Protestant in composition, passed the Penal Laws, effectively disenfranchising the Catholic majority both politically and economically. This began to change with the Acts of Union 1800 and the concomitant abolition of the Irish Parliament. Following a vigorous campaign led by Irish lawyer Daniel O'Connell, Westminster passed the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 removing most of the disabilities imposed upon Catholics.
The Anglo-Irish community found itself in a liminal position. No longer able to rely on the British government to protect their interests, many leaned toward Irish nationalism, which itself was somewhat problematic given their minority status. This anxiety found voice in their literature.
and 26 Related for: Irish Gothic literature information
IrishGothicliterature developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Most of the writers were Anglo-Irish. The period from 1691 to 1800 was marked...
Eighteenth-century Gothic novel French Revolution and the English Gothic Novel Gaslamp fantasy Gothic film Gothic romance film Gothic Western IrishGothicliterature Latin...
Irishliterature is literature written in the Irish, Latin, English and Scots (Ulster Scots) languages on the island of Ireland. The earliest recorded...
fetch in Irish folklore which is a double figure of a family member, often signifying an impending death. A major shift in Gothicliterature occurred...
with the irrational, the demonic and the grotesque. Often conflated with Gothic fiction, it has shadowed the euphoric Romantic movement ever since its 18th-century...
arrangements, or dramatic and melancholic melodies, having inspirations in gothicliterature allied with themes such as sadness, nihilism, dark romanticism, tragedy...
Literature of the 18th century refers to world literature produced during the years 1700–1799. European literature of the 18th century refers to literature...
and Irish novels such as Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897). In the twentieth century, urban Gothic influenced...
the Gothic. Basingston: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-26840-5. Milbank, Alison (1998). "'Powers Old and New': Stoker's Alliances with Anglo-Irish Gothic"...
offerings. Ireland has made a substantial contribution to world literature in all its branches, both in Irish and English. Poetry in Irish is among the...
number of literary genres, including vampire literature, horror fiction, gothic novel and invasion literature. Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is a...
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second...
manuscript of the 8th century), Welsh literature, English literature and Gothicliterature[citation needed]. The Italian poet Dante Alighieri, in his...
be controversial to describe Irishliterature as British. For some this includes works by authors from Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom publishes...
music, and science. Ireland has made a significant contribution to world literature in both the English and Irish languages. Modern Irish fiction began with...
laureates: List of Nobel laureates in Literature Electronic literature Gates, David (9 September 2001). "American Gothic". The New York Times. Retrieved 4...
Gothic paganism was the original religion of the Goths before their conversion to Christianity. The Goths first appear in historical records in the early...
Chechen literature Ossetian literature German literature Greek literature Hungarian literature Icelandic literatureIrishliterature Gaelic literature Literature...
Irish people (Irish: Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry...
extended during the 18th century. The Irish language, however, remained the dominant language of Irishliterature down to the 19th century, despite a slow...
The Romantic movement in English literature of the early 19th century has its roots in 18th-century poetry, the Gothic novel and the novel of sensibility...
they claimed was earlier literature that they had discovered or compiled was, in fact, entirely their own work. The Gothic novel, beginning with Horace...
menaced in a gloomy castle. The Gothic tradition blossomed into the genre that modern readers today call horror literature in the 19th century. Influential...
number of literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, gothic novel and invasion literature. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is...
Global Information