My collection of Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan) books
Studies of Sydney Owenson’s novel, The Wild Irish Girl, generally center on the history of the era in which she wrote with particular emphasis on her personal biography. Such renowned biographers include Julia M. Wright, Mary Campbell, Thomas Flanagan, and James Newcomer, and these biographers provide significant insight to the understanding of the history of Sydney Owenson’s life and the Romantic era in which she wrote.
However, the language, which she used to deliver her message to the British aristocracy, determined the success of her National novel, as James Newcomer observes, “a noticeable love of the flamboyant, in language as in the process of living, was to characterize her writing and living”(28). Thus, another effective way to study Owenson’s skillful use of language is to analyze her technique by looking at her linguistic structures in relationship to her cultural background.
In my doctoral dissertation, I explore the innovative paradigm shift in Owenson's writing of the national tale through her romantic novels, biographies, travel insights, political observations, and poetry. Now, you may add my name to the list of those whose inquiries delve into the unique, sociolinguistic approach to historical representations of Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan).
My published doctoral dissertation
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