This paper will discuss the stories The Wild Irish Girl by Lady Morgan and the
Transformation by Mary Shelley. By analyzing
the stories in the context of history, and the way that the they both share in the romantic idea of
literature; that is, as in Shelley's
transformation the individual and his presence in the tale; or on the other hand the way that Irish history seems to come alive in the Wild Irish Girl seem to tell us much about the state of literature in this time. These aspects of the stories will be covered to give a more illuminated critique of the texts.