A View of the Present State of Ireland
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A View of the Present State of Ireland is a late 16th-century prose dialogue by Edmund Spenser that analyzes and harshly criticizes Irish society and English colonial policy in Ireland.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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political treatise ⓘ prose dialogue ⓘ |
| advocates |
harsher English control of Ireland
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reform of Irish governance ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Tudor conquest of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Edmund Spenser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Eudoxus
NERFINISHED
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Irenius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
advocacy of violent repression
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anti-Irish bias ⓘ |
| criticizes |
English colonial mismanagement
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Irish Catholic clergy ⓘ Irish laws and customs ⓘ |
| dateWritten | late 16th century ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
colonial discourse
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dialogue ⓘ political commentary ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Irish historiography
ⓘ
studies of early modern colonialism ⓘ |
| hasTitle | A View of the Present State of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Elizabethan era ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Renaissance literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
English colonial policy
ⓘ
English colonialism in Ireland ⓘ Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish society ⓘ |
| medium | manuscript (original circulation) ⓘ |
| perspective | English colonial viewpoint ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumously published ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Faerie Queene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | dialogue between two speakers ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Irish studies
ⓘ
Renaissance literature ⓘ postcolonial studies ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | late 16th-century Ireland ⓘ |
| tone |
critical of English administration
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hostile toward Irish customs ⓘ |
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