Dr Fionnula Simpson
- School: School of English, Drama and Film
- Mentor: Dr Lucy Cogan
Drinking cultures: the cultural reception of medical developments related to alcohol in Ireland, 1700-1900
Funded by the Wellcome Trust, the Drinking Cultures project explores the interaction between new alcohol-related medical frameworks and representations of problematic or excessive drinking in Irish literary sources throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I am responsible for developing three case studies for our co-authored book. Currently, I am analysing the weaponization of gendered shame in nineteenth-century temperance literature, focusing on the work of William Carleton, Anna Maria Hall, and Marion Clarke.
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Email: (opens in a new window)fionnula.simpson@ucd.ie