The Great Hunger Summary

Potato Famine Ireland 1845-1851 Synopsis The Irish potato famine killed one million people and led 2.5 million people to emigrate, making it one of the worst famines in modern European history. The Ir... Read more

In the following excerpt, Kelleher surveys Famine novels and poetry, maintaining that one of the primary issues concerning nineteenth-century Famine literature is the fulfillment of "its role i... Read more

In the essay that follows, Morash explores the manner by which Famine literature constructed collective memories of the Famine, maintaining that literature contemporary with the Famine contains ... Read more

A. Nicholson Describes a Starving Man: [R]eader, if you have never seen a starving human being, may you never! In my childhood I had been frightened with the stories of ghosts, and had seen actual s... Read more

In this excerpt from Hastings' introduction to Anthony Trollope's Castle Richmond (1860), the critic argues that a primary reason for the novel's commercial failure was the fact t... Read more

In the following survey of Famine poetry, Morash claims that the Famine "left the poets of the 1840s abandoned by tradition," citing the difficulties the poets experienced trying to resp... Read more

Prosperity; the word can either be acquired or earned in a real life situation. Through hard work, perseverance, and determination, many people are able to acquire whatever they want. What happens wh... Read more