Modern Language Association MLA Devouring Posterity:"A Modest Proposal",Empire,and Ireland's"Debt of the Nation" Author(s):Sean Moore Source:PMLA.Vol.122.No.3(May,2007).pp.679-695 Published by:Modern Language Association Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/25501737 Accessed:10-11-2017 17:56 UTC JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars,researchers.and students discover,use.and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive.We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship.For more information about JSTOR.please contact support@jstor.org. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms Conditions of Use,available at http://about.jstor.org/terms Modern Language Association is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize,preserve and extend access to PMLA USTOR This content downloaded from 202.120.14.172 on Fri,10 Nov 2017 17:56:35 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/termsDevouring Posterity: "A Modest Proposal", Empire, and Ireland's "Debt of the Nation" Author(s): Sean Moore Source: PMLA, Vol. 122, No. 3 (May, 2007), pp. 679-695 Published by: Modern Language Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25501737 Accessed: 10-11-2017 17:56 UTC JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms Modern Language Association is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to PMLA This content downloaded from 202.120.14.172 on Fri, 10 Nov 2017 17:56:35 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms