{"product_id":"castle-rackrent","title":"Castle Rackrent","description":"\u003cem\u003eCastle Rackrent\u003c\/em\u003e's publication in 1800 signaled many firsts: the first historical novel, the first regional novel in English, the first \"big house\" novel, the first Anglo-Irish novel, and the first novel with a narrator who is neither reliable nor part of the action. This Norton Critical Edition is based on the Baldwin \u0026amp; Cradock edition that appeared as part of an eighteen-volume collected edition titled \u003cem\u003eTales and Novels of Maria Edgeworth\u003c\/em\u003e (1832–33). It is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ryan Twomey focuses the volume's \"Backgrounds and Contexts\" on Edgeworth's importance as a writer, the influence of contemporary historical events on her writing (most importantly, the Act of Union of 1800, which united Ireland and Great Britain), and \u003cem\u003eCastle Rackrent\u003c\/em\u003e's impact on the development of the novel. These include a selection of Edgeworth's letters; five major contemporary reviews; biographical pieces; Sir Walter Scott on Edgeworth and her response to him; and excerpts from Edgeworth's juvenilia, \u003cem\u003eThe Double Disguise\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Criticism\" is thematically organized to give readers a clear sense of \u003cem\u003eCastle Rackrent\u003c\/em\u003e's major themes: Irish writing and specifically the Irish novel, narrative voices, patriarchy and paternalism, and Edgeworth's Hiberno-English writing. Contributors include Seamus Deane, Marilyn Butler, Katherine O'Donnell, Julia Nash, Joyce Flynn, and Brian Hollingworth, among others.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A chronology of Edgeworth's life and work and a selected bibliography are also included.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ryan Twomey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42818172190781,"sku":"9780393922417","price":32.36,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780393922417_a23b27ef-1598-4941-b716-2cb31a2fa1ba.jpg?v=1766915245","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/castle-rackrent","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}