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1 online resource (xvii, 535 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature,
0167-8175 ;
v. 22
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Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature ; v. 22.
0167-8175
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-520) and index. |
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""MERE IRISH & FÃ?OR-GHAEL""; ""Editorial page""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""SPELLING, TYPOGRAPHY, NOMENCLATURE""; ""Table of Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION:AIMS AND METHODS""; ""1. THE IDEA OF NATIONALITY TERMINOLOGY AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND""; ""2. IRELAND IN ENGLISH REPRESENTATIONS""; ""2.1. Early and medieval descriptions""; ""2.2. The Tudor period""; ""2.3. The seventeenth century""; ""2.4. The eighteenth century""; ""3. THE FICTIONAL IRISHMAN.IN ENGLISH LITERATURE""; ""3.1. Introduction""; ""3.2. Pre-restoration drama"" |
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""3.3 The later seventeenth century""""3.3.1 Howard and Crowne""; ""3.3.2 Plot and credence: Thomas Shadwell""; ""3.3.3 Anti-Irish dramatic pamphlets""; ""3.4 The early eighteenth century""; ""3.4.1. Bulls, blunders and George Farquhar: return to comedy""; ""3.4.2. The fortune-hunter: funny or dangerous?""; ""3.5. The mid-century amelioration""; ""3.5.1. Irish officers: Charles Molloy and Charles Shadwell""; ""3.5.2. Smollett's Reprisal""; ""3.5.3. Thomas Sheridan""; ""3.6 The positive Stage Irishman""; ""3.6.1 Charles Macklin""; ""3.6.2. Macklin's impact"" |
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""3.6.3. ""Sentiments that deserve applause"": Irish characters and English national feeling""""3.6.4. Noble savage vs. savage nobleman: the pride of mere Irish""; ""3.6.5. The duel and Sir Lucius O'Trigger""; ""3.6.6 Conclusion""; ""4. GAELIC POETRY AND THE IDEA OF IRISH NATIONALITY""; ""4.1. Bardic poetry and clan society, 1200-1600""; ""4.1.1. Introduction""; ""4.1.2. A note on the Gaelic order and on bardic conventions""; ""4.1.3. The Hiberno-Norman presence""; ""4.1.3.1. Goill, high-kingship and prophecy""; ""4.1.3.2. Poets and Hiberno-Norman patrons"" |
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""4.1.4. The Old English presence""""4.1.5. Tudor expansionism""; ""4.1.6. The breakdown of the bardic order""; ""4.2. From the end of bardic poetry to the end of the Gaelic literary tradition""; ""4.2.1. Introduction: some general aspects surveyed.""; ""4.2.2. Post-bardic poetry of the seventeenth century""; ""4.2.3. Dáibhà � Bruadair and his time""; ""4.2.4. Aogán � Rathaille and the aisling""; ""4.2.5. The waning of Gaelic literature and the growth of a national Gaelic stance""; ""4.2.6. Conclusion""; ""5. THE PUBLIC ASSERTION OF IRISH CIVILITY"" |
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""5.1. Introduction: persecution and exile of the learned classes""""5.2. Old English and Gaelic recusants""; ""5.3. Pious and counter-reformatory works, and the importance of the Irish language""; ""5.4. The Gaelic nationalization of the recusant enterprise""; ""5.5. The Cromwellian aftermath""; ""6. GAEL AND ANGLO-IRISH: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IRISH NATIONAL IDENTITY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY""; ""Prelude: The spread and development of celtological interest in the seventeenth century""; ""6.1. English gentlemen born in Ireland: the Ascendancy in the earlier eighteenth century"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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National characteristics, Irish.
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National characteristics, Irish. |
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Ireland -- Civilization.
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Ireland. |
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Civilization. |
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Ireland -- In literature.
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Irish poetry -- History and criticism.
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Irish poetry. |
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English literature -- Irish influences.
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English literature -- Irish influences. |
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Civilization, Celtic, in literature.
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Civilization, Celtic, in literature. |
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Irish in literature.
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Irish in literature. |
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Nationalism -- Ireland -- History.
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Nationalism. |
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History. |
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Ireland -- Intellectual life.
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Intellectual life. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Leerssen, Joseph Th. (Joseph Theodoor), 1955- Mere Irish & fíor-ghael. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1986 9027221987 (DLC) 86006879 (OCoLC)13396010 |
| ISBN |
9789027279156 (electronic book) |
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9027279152 (electronic book) |
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9027221987 |
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9789027221988 |
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