Claire Connolly is Professor of Modern English at University College Cork. A cultural history of the Irish novel, 1790-1829 (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism) won the Donald J. Murphy Prize. With Marjorie Howes (Boston College), Professor Connolly is General Editor of Irish literature in transition, 1700-2020 (Cambridge University Press, 2020); and editor of Volume 2 of the series, Irish literature in transition, 1780-1830.