Mere Irish & fíor-ghael : studies in the idea of Irish nationality, its development and literary expression prior to the nineteenth century
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Mere Irish & fíor-ghael : studies in the idea of Irish nationality, its development and literary expression prior to the nineteenth century
（Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature, v. 22）
John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1986
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Bibliography: p. 〔492〕-520
Includes index
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Description
The aim of this investigation is to reconsider the cultural confrontation between England and Ireland from a new methodological perspective, and to trace how this confrontation resulted in a particular notion, literary as well as political, of Irish nationality.
Table of Contents
- 1. Acknowledgements
- 2. Abbreviations
- 3. Spelling, typography, nomenclature
- 4. Introduction: aims and methods
- 5. 1. The idea of nationality: terminology and historical background
- 6. 2. Ierland in English representations
- 7. 3. The fictional Irishman in English literature
- 8. 4. Gaelic poetry and the idea of Irish nationality
- 9. 5. The public assertion of Irish civility
- 10. 6. Gael and Anglo-Irish: the development of an Irish national identity in the eighteenth century
- 11. Conclusion
- 12. Footnotes
- 13. Bibliography
- 14. Index
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