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Mere Irish & Fíor-Ghael
Studies in the idea of Irish nationality, its literary expression and development
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Joep Leerssen
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English
Published/Copyright:
1986
About this book
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.
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Prelim pages
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Acknowledgements
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Abbreviations
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Spelling, typography, nomenclature
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Table of contents
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Introduction: aims and methods
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1. The idea of nationality: terminology and historical background
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2. Ierland in English representations
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3. The fictional Irishman in English literature
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4. Gaelic poetry and the idea of Irish nationality
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5. The public assertion of Irish civility
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6. Gael and Anglo-Irish: the development of an Irish national identity in the eighteenth century
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Conclusion
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Footnotes
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Bibliography
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Index
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9789027279156
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543
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Keywords for this book
English literature & literary studies
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Professional and scholarly;
