The Irish and the Imagination of Race R. B. Culver Johnson's notion that race is

Johnson's notion that race is an illusion informs his aesthetic

and beliefs that we've built up over the years

Walter Bauer

These stories serve as springboards to many telling perspectives

running to keep up with someone else's agenda

The Irish and the Imagination of Race R. B. Culver Johnson's notion that race isThis book analyzes the role of Irishness in nineteenth century constructions of race and racialization, both in the British Isles and in the United States. Focusing on the years immediately preceding the American Civil War, Patrick O'Malley interrogates the bardic verse epic, the gothic tale, the realist novel, the stage melodrama, and the political polemic to ask how many mid nineteenth century Irish nationalist writers with liberationist politics