Representing magic in modern Ireland : belief, history, culture
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書誌事項
Representing magic in modern Ireland : belief, history, culture
（Cambridge elements, . Elemets in magic / edited by Marion Gibson）
Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [65]-80)
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This Element argues that Ireland did not experience a disenchanted modernity, nor a decline in magic. It suggests that beliefs, practices and traditions concerning witchcraft and magic developed and adapted to modernity to retain cultural currency until the end of the twentieth century. This analysis provides the backdrop for the first systematic exploration of how historic Irish trials of witches and cunning-folk were represented by historians, antiquarians, journalists, dramatists, poets, and novelists in Ireland between the late eighteenth and late twentieth century. It is demonstrated that this work created an accepted narrative of Irish witchcraft and magic which glossed over, ignored, or obscured the depth of belief in witchcraft, both in the past and in contemporary society. Collectively, their work gendered Irish witchcraft, created a myth of a disenchanted, modern Ireland, and reinforced competing views of Irishness and Irish identity. These long-held stereotypes were only challenged in the late twentieth-century.
目次
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Witchcraft and Magic in Modern Ireland
- 3. Writing the History of Irish Witchcraft
- 4. Reimagining Irish Witchcraft: Literature and the Press
- 5. Conclusion.
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