We are indebted to Professor Chandler for placing Edgeworth’s fine novel before us. It is a multi-faceted work deserving of much study for its range of characters, comedy, satire, social commentary, philosophy and scholarship. Continue reading
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Maria Edgeworth and the Homeric story
Long before James Joyce’s brought his allusive novelistic craft to bear on the Odyssey, another Irish novelist, likewise practiced in the art of allusion, Maria Edgeworth, made extensive reference to the Homeric story Continue reading