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Chapter 3. Representing Ireland and the Irish in the 17th- and 18th-century English press
Abstract
The treatment of Ireland in the London press from 1640 to 1800 is investigated with the help of the ZEN and Lampeter corpora, following up on De Nie’s (2004) hypothesis that views of the Irish could have functioned as a foil for creating a British identity. Mentions of the Irish and Irish affairs matters are not only very infrequent, but also are of a nature to deny agency to the Irish. Within this picture of discursive neglect, apparently based on true English disinterest, three aspects stand out, which partly contribute to (unsystematic) othering: (i) Irish Catholicism, styled as hostile to Britain, (ii) a set of mocking stereotypes, and (iii) Ireland seen as subservient to the economic interests of England.
Abstract
The treatment of Ireland in the London press from 1640 to 1800 is investigated with the help of the ZEN and Lampeter corpora, following up on De Nie’s (2004) hypothesis that views of the Irish could have functioned as a foil for creating a British identity. Mentions of the Irish and Irish affairs matters are not only very infrequent, but also are of a nature to deny agency to the Irish. Within this picture of discursive neglect, apparently based on true English disinterest, three aspects stand out, which partly contribute to (unsystematic) othering: (i) Irish Catholicism, styled as hostile to Britain, (ii) a set of mocking stereotypes, and (iii) Ireland seen as subservient to the economic interests of England.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
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Section 1. Focus on political contexts
- Chapter 2. British ideologies in the (re)-shaping of the American identity 12
- Chapter 3. Representing Ireland and the Irish in the 17th- and 18th-century English press 33
- Chapter 4. Inducing sympathies and antipathies 56
- Chapter 5. Transformations and the dynamics of memory 82
- Chapter 6. Revolutionary news 108
- Chapter 7. Language and ideology 133
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Section 2. Focus on socio-cultural contexts
- Chapter 8. Female-male relations in letters to the editor in The Orphan Reviv'd: or, Powell’s Weekly Journal (1719–1720) 156
- Chapter 9. “Girls of the period” 177
- Chapter 10. Feminatives in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals in partitioned Poland 200
- Chapter 11. Language ideologies in the 18th century 225
- Index 249
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
-
Section 1. Focus on political contexts
- Chapter 2. British ideologies in the (re)-shaping of the American identity 12
- Chapter 3. Representing Ireland and the Irish in the 17th- and 18th-century English press 33
- Chapter 4. Inducing sympathies and antipathies 56
- Chapter 5. Transformations and the dynamics of memory 82
- Chapter 6. Revolutionary news 108
- Chapter 7. Language and ideology 133
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Section 2. Focus on socio-cultural contexts
- Chapter 8. Female-male relations in letters to the editor in The Orphan Reviv'd: or, Powell’s Weekly Journal (1719–1720) 156
- Chapter 9. “Girls of the period” 177
- Chapter 10. Feminatives in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals in partitioned Poland 200
- Chapter 11. Language ideologies in the 18th century 225
- Index 249
