Definitions of Irishness in the "Library of Ireland" literary anthologies
By: Anne MacCarthy
Series: Reimagining Ireland -- 34
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9783034301947
Subjects: Literature publishing; History; English literature; History and criticism; Library of Ireland; In literature; Irish literature; National characteristics, Irish, in literature; Irish authors; Identity (Psychology) in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Anthologies and Irishness. Definition of an anthology; The compiler and the reader's self-consciousness; Common consciousness;  Titles; Spatial and temporal dimensions in titles; Book sizes and editing of poems to fit into short books; Literary history; Anthologies as educative instruments; Language; title: Educating to be free. James Duffy; Margaret Callan;Thornton MacMahon; The casket of Irish pearls; Educating to be free; The selection; A space for women in Irish literature; title: The songs of Ireland. Davis's "Essay on Irish songs"; J. Barry, editor; Publication details; "The exile of Erin" controversy; Barry's definition of Irishness; Barry's selection creates an Irish identity; Arrangement of items in the selection; Hercules Ellis, editor; The songs of Ireland, second series; title: The ballad poetry of Ireland. Charles Gavan Duffy, editor; Publication details; Duffy's definition of Irishness; Duffy's selection creates an Irish identity;  Arrangement of items in the selection; Denis Florence MacCarthy, editor: part one; Publication details; MacCarthy's definition of Irishness; MacCarthy's selection creates an Irish identity; title: Arrangement of items in the selection. Ireland must have her own again;; title: Denis Florence MacCarthy, editor: part two; Writers in the poets and dramatists of Ireland; Thomas d'Arcy McGee, editor; title: Gallery of Irish writers; Writers in gallery of Irish writers; title: Conclusion.