Leaving Utopia Behind: Maria Edgeworth’s Views of America

Maria Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish writer who was born in 1768 and died in 1849 and thus was able to witness the economic and ideological changes that shaped British society in the aftermath of the French Revolution. Though Edgeworth upheld utilitarian and enlightened ideas very similar to the ones...

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Main Author: Carmen María Fernández-Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Española de Estudios Irlandeses 2009-03-01
Series:Estudios Irlandeses
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Online Access:http://www.estudiosirlandeses.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pdfCarmenMFdezRguez.pdf