Henley, Pauline.

Spenser in Ireland. [Presentation copy]

First Edition. Cork, Cork University Press / Educational Co. of Ireland, 1928. Octavo. Frontispiece-Fold-Out-Map of Ireland, 231 pages. Original Hardcover. Some minor signs of foxing only. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Pauline Henley on the endpaper: “With every good wish to a devoted lover of Ireland, Mlle. Etiennette Beuque. Pauline Henley – July 21st, 1928”. In his book: A ‘Manly Study’?: Irish Women Historians 1868-1949, N. Smith writes that Pauline Henley had previously corresponded with Etienne Beuque in the same year when Mlle. Beuque, a french writer on contemporary irish history, had asked her about Terence MacSwiney. This book must have travelled with her response to France. Excellent association copy !

Chapters include: With Grey in Ireland / Spenser as an “Undertaker” / The Poet at Kilcolman / Further Irish Influences and Allusions / The Ruin of the Plantation / Spenser and Political Thought / The Poets Descendants / Map showing Spenser’s Grant /

• Keywords: Catalogue Irish History Two – Origins of Irish Identity · Irish Women Historian · Women and Literature · Women in History · Women in Irish History · Women in Irish Society · Women Writers
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 100445AB

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