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An introduction to Gaelic poetry / / Derrick Thomson
| An introduction to Gaelic poetry / / Derrick Thomson |
| Autore | Thomson Derick S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 pages) |
| Disciplina | 891.631009 |
| Soggetto topico | Scottish Gaelic poetry - History and criticism |
| ISBN | 1-4744-7314-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- An Introductory note -- 1 The bardic poets -- 2 The Song-makers and their songs -- 3 Poetry in transition -- 4 Clan and politics -- 5 Poetry of the Eighteenth Century -- 6 Gaelic poets in Lowlands and Highlands -- 7 Renaissance -- A 1989 Postscript -- Bibliography -- 1989 Supplement to bibliography -- Notes and References -- Index of Gaelic poets -- General Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794182503321 |
Thomson Derick S.
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| Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An introduction to Gaelic poetry / / Derrick Thomson
| An introduction to Gaelic poetry / / Derrick Thomson |
| Autore | Thomson Derick S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 pages) |
| Disciplina | 891.631009 |
| Soggetto topico | Scottish Gaelic poetry - History and criticism |
| ISBN | 1-4744-7314-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- An Introductory note -- 1 The bardic poets -- 2 The Song-makers and their songs -- 3 Poetry in transition -- 4 Clan and politics -- 5 Poetry of the Eighteenth Century -- 6 Gaelic poets in Lowlands and Highlands -- 7 Renaissance -- A 1989 Postscript -- Bibliography -- 1989 Supplement to bibliography -- Notes and References -- Index of Gaelic poets -- General Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813751503321 |
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Thomson Derick S.
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| Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uneasy subjects : postcolonialism and Scottish Gaelic poetry / / Silke Stroh
| Uneasy subjects : postcolonialism and Scottish Gaelic poetry / / Silke Stroh |
| Autore | Stroh Silke |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : Rodopi, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (379 pages) |
| Disciplina | 891.631 |
| Collana | Scottish cultural review of language and literature |
| Soggetto topico |
Scottish Gaelic poetry - History and criticism
Postcolonialism |
| ISBN | 94-012-0057-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Colonial beginnings? Celticity, Gaeldom and Scotland until the end of the Middle Ages -- The capitalist nation state and its “civilising missions”: Gaelic identities in flux -- The emergence of an anticolonial voice? -- Mission accomplished – perhaps too well? Romanticism and noble savagery -- When the civilising mission fails: racism, resistance and revival -- Discourses of decolonisation? Cultural cringes, discursive authority, rewriting history, and nationalist poetry -- Language matters, indigenous cultural values, education, and direct postcolonial alignments -- Against traditionalism and nativism? Pluralism, innovation, internationalism and hybridity as alternative decolonising strategies -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781307203321 |
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Stroh Silke
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| Amsterdam : , : Rodopi, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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