Ireland, Reading and Cultural Nationalism, 1790–1930
Bringing the Nation to Book
Seiten
2017
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-13356-3 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-13356-3 (ISBN)
This book examines literacy and reading habits in nineteenth-century Ireland. Including a chapter on W. B. Yeats, this study traces the emergence of an Irish 'common reader' through historical and literary analysis to demonstrate how developing cultural nationalism in Ireland served as an engine for literary revival.
The emergence of an Irish 'common reader' in the nineteenth century had significant implications for the evolution of Irish cultural nationalism. The rise of literacy rates prompted a cultural crisis, with nationalists fearing that the beneficiaries of mass education were being drawn to populist publications emanating from London which were having the effect of eroding Irish identity and corrupting Irish morals. This fear prompted an intensification of cultural nationalist activity at the turn of the century. Andrew Murphy's study, which includes a chapter on W. B. Yeats and the Irish reader, moves freely between historical and literary analysis, and demonstrates how a developing sense of cultural crisis served as an engine for the Irish literary revival. Examining responses to Irish reading habits advanced by a wide range of cultural commentators, Murphy provides a nuanced discussion of theories of nationalism and examines attempts finally to control reading habits through the introduction of censorship.
The emergence of an Irish 'common reader' in the nineteenth century had significant implications for the evolution of Irish cultural nationalism. The rise of literacy rates prompted a cultural crisis, with nationalists fearing that the beneficiaries of mass education were being drawn to populist publications emanating from London which were having the effect of eroding Irish identity and corrupting Irish morals. This fear prompted an intensification of cultural nationalist activity at the turn of the century. Andrew Murphy's study, which includes a chapter on W. B. Yeats and the Irish reader, moves freely between historical and literary analysis, and demonstrates how a developing sense of cultural crisis served as an engine for the Irish literary revival. Examining responses to Irish reading habits advanced by a wide range of cultural commentators, Murphy provides a nuanced discussion of theories of nationalism and examines attempts finally to control reading habits through the introduction of censorship.
Andrew Murphy is Professor of English and Director of the Graduate School at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. His authored books include: But the Irish Sea Betwixt Us: Ireland, Colonialism, and Renaissance Literature (1999), Shakespeare in Print: A History and Chronology of Shakespeare Publishing (Cambridge, 2003) and Shakespeare for the People: Working-class Readers, 1800-1900 (Cambridge, 2008).
Introduction; 1. Textual nationalism and oral culture; 2. Education and the rise of literacy; 3. W. B. Yeats and the Irish reader; 4. Contending textualities; 5. Censorship; Afterword: Joycean transformations; Appendix: W. B. Yeats' Irish canon.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.10.2017 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 520 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-107-13356-4 / 1107133564 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-107-13356-3 / 9781107133563 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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