Definitions of Irishness in the 'Library of Ireland' literary anthologies [electronic resource] / Anne MacCarthy ; edited for publication by Jefferey Simons.
Series: Reimagining Ireland ; v. 34Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, 2012.Description: xiv, 257 pISBN:- 9783034301947 (alk. paper)
- 9783034301947
- 9783035303100 (e-book)
- Library of Ireland
- English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism
- Literature publishing -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Irish literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- National characteristics, Irish, in literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Ireland -- In literature
- 820.9/9415 23
- PR8752 .M33 2012eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Anthologies and Irishness. Definition of an anthology; The compiler and the reader's self-consciousness; Common consciousness; Titles; Spatial and temporal dimensions in titles; Book sizes and editing of poems to fit into short books; Literary history; Anthologies as educative instruments; Language -- Educating to be free. James Duffy; Margaret Callan;Thornton MacMahon; The casket of Irish pearls; Educating to be free; The selection; A space for women in Irish literature -- The songs of Ireland. Davis's "Essay on Irish songs"; J. Barry, editor; Publication details; "The exile of Erin" controversy; Barry's definition of Irishness; Barry's selection creates an Irish identity; Arrangement of items in the selection; Hercules Ellis, editor; The songs of Ireland, second series -- The ballad poetry of Ireland. Charles Gavan Duffy, editor; Publication details; Duffy's definition of Irishness; Duffy's selection creates an Irish identity; Arrangement of items in the selection; Denis Florence MacCarthy, editor: part one; Publication details; MacCarthy's definition of Irishness; MacCarthy's selection creates an Irish identity -- Arrangement of items in the selection. Ireland must have her own again; -- Denis Florence MacCarthy, editor: part two; Writers in the poets and dramatists of Ireland; Thomas d'Arcy McGee, editor -- Gallery of Irish writers; Writers in gallery of Irish writers -- Conclusion.
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