Ireland, reading and cultural nationalism, 1790-1930: bringing the nation to book

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 po...

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Beteilige Person: Murphy, Andrew , (Andrew D.) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2018
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316459898
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316459898
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316459898
Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Oct 2017)
Umfang:1 online resource (xii, 252 pages)
ISBN:9781316459898
DOI:10.1017/9781316459898