Introduction: aims and methods

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Acknowledgements ix
3. Abbreviations xi
4. Spelling, typography, nomenclature xiii
5. Table of contents xv
6. Introduction: aims and methods 1
7. 1. The idea of nationality: terminology and historical background 13
8. 2. Ierland in English representations 33
9. 3. The fictional Irishman in English literature 85
10. 4. Gaelic poetry and the idea of Irish nationality 169
11. 5. The public assertion of Irish civility 291
12. 6. Gael and Anglo-Irish: the development of an Irish national identity in the eighteenth century 325
13. Conclusion 445
14. Footnotes 457
15. Bibliography 491
16. Index 521