European Metropolis

Matthew L. Reznicek is Associate Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he co-coordinates the Certificate for Arts and Humanities in Medicine. He has published widely on Irish literature from the long nineteenth century. He currently serves as co-Editor-in-Chief of Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine.

• AcknowledgmentsParvenir: An IntroductionThe Novice in the City: Sydney Owenson and the Bildung of Metropolitan EconomicsMuch More than Only Le Bel Irlandois: Metropolitan Socioeconomics and Parisian Bildung in Maria Edgeworth’s OrmondThe New Jerusalem and the Rue Vavin: Urban Space, Economic Exchange, and Gendered Modernity in French LeaveFirst Life—and then Fame: Gendered Fin-de-Siècle Cityscapes in MaxA City She Must Postpone: A ConclusionNotesWorks CitedIndex

['This book] lies ambitiously in the intersection of at least three disciplines: gender, urban, and Irish studies. [...] The European Metropolis poses a theoretically informed reassessment of Irish female voices from the long nineteenth century, which succeeds to unite a Marxist and a feminist vista without succumbing to ideological tensions or inconsistencies. The geographical angle renders the expelling forces more visible, bringing to the fore the subtle mechanisms responsible for gender inequality. Lastly, one of the greatest values of this monograph lies in that it connects Irish literary tradition with other non-French national literatures that owe its inspiration to the centrality of Paris. In this way, Reznicek’s monograph offers a highly relevant methodological approach.' Višnja Krstić, Irish Studies Review