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



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Autore: Murphy Andrew (Andrew D.) Visualizza persona
Titolo: But the Irish Sea betwixt us : Ireland, colonialism, and Renaissance literature / / Andrew Murphy Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009
©1999
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
Disciplina: 820.9/32417/09031
Soggetto topico: English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism
English literature - Irish influences
Colonies in literature
Renaissance - England
Soggetto geografico: Ireland Foreign public opinion, English History 16th century
Ireland History 1558-1603 Historiography
Ireland Historiography
Ireland In literature
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
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ISBN: 0-8131-4950-9
0-8131-7013-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
Record Nr.: 9910778974103321
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Serie: Irish literature, history, and culture.