Spenser in Ireland. [Presentation copy]

Henley, Pauline.

Published by Cork, Cork University Press / Educational Co. of Ireland., 1928

About this Item

First Edition. 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 / Sprache: english.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spenser in Ireland. [Presentation copy]
• Publisher: Cork, Cork University Press / Educational Co. of Ireland.
• Publication Date: 1928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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