Mere Irish and Fior-Ghael Studies in the Idea of Irish Nationality, Its Development and Literary Expression Prior to the Nineteenth Century
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition: 0002
- Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr
- Publish date: 03/01/1997
Leerssen takes for his central theme the formulation of an ideal or stereotype of "Irishness" -- Mere Irish in English discourse, Fior-Ghael from the native point of view. The author traces the development of this ethnic image in discursive traditions and genres as diverse as Gaelic poetry, English drama, controversial religious writings, political commentary, and historiography, from the Middle Ages until the Act of Union. This is both a prehistory of Irish nationalism and a compendium of Irish cultural history; it addresses not only the interaction between political and literary developments, but also between Ireland's cultural traditions.
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