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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814513003321

Autore

Murphy Andrew (Andrew D.)

Titolo

But the Irish Sea betwixt us : Ireland, colonialism, and Renaissance literature / / Andrew Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009

©1999

ISBN

0-8131-4950-9

0-8131-7013-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Irish Literature, History, & Culture

Disciplina

820.9/32417/09031

Soggetti

English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

English literature - Irish influences

Colonies in literature

Renaissance - England

Ireland Foreign public opinion, English History 16th century

Ireland History 1558-1603 Historiography

Ireland Historiography

Ireland In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. ""White Chimpanzees"": Encountering Ireland; 2. ""Ad Remotissimas Occidentis Insulas"": Gerald and the Irish; 3. ""They Are All Wandred Much: That Plaine Appeares"": Spenser and the Old English; 4. ""The Remarkablest Story of lreland"": Shakespeare and the Irish War; 5. ""The Irish Game Turned Again"": Jonson and the Union; Conclusion: 1641 and After; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

At the rise of the Tudor age, England began to form a national identity. With that sense of self came the beginnings of the colonialist notion of the ""other"""" Ireland, however, proved a most difficult other because it was so closely linked, both culturally and geographically, to England. Ireland's colonial position was especially complex because of the



political, religious, and ethnic heritage it shared with England. Andrew Murphy asserts that the Irish were seen not as absolute but as ""proximate"" others. As a result, English writing about Ireland was a problematic process, since standard