SOURCE: "Regional Writer, Historian, Moralist, Lover," in Gerald Griffin (1803-1840): A Critical Biography, Cambridge University Press, 1978, pp. 70-109.
In the following excerpt, Cronin analyzes several of Gerald Griffin's novels, demonstrating Griffin's interest in and deep compassion for the Irish peasantry. Cronin argues that while Griffin's work is often flawed by melodrama, he nevertheless paints disturbing and realistic portraits of the wretched conditions endured by Irish peasants.
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