Download or read book Happiness in Nineteenth-century Ireland written by Mary Hatfield and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of emotions has become a central preoccupation across the humanities and this volume considers the rich possibility of writing a history of happiness in Ireland. Featuring new work from established and emerging scholars, this collection considers how the idea of happiness shaped cultural, literary and individual aspirations across nineteenth-century Ireland.