English romanticism and the Celtic world / edited by Gerard Carruthers and Alan Rawes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carruthers, Gerard, editor.

Rawes, Alan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Celts in literature.

English literature--Celtic influences.

Civilization, Celtic, in literature.

Mythology, Celtic, in literature.

Romanticism--Great Britain.

Romanticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 265 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

English Romanticism & the Celtic World

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

English Romanticism and the Celtic World explores the way in which British Romantic writers responded to the national and cultural identities of the 'four nations' England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The essays collected here, by specialists in the field, interrogate the cultural centres as well as the peripheries of Romanticism, and the interactions between these. They underline 'Celticism' as an emergent strand of cultural ethnicity during the eighteenth century, examining the constructions of Celticness and Britishness in the Romantic period, including the ways in which the 'Celtic' countries viewed themselves in the light of Romanticism. Other topics include the development of Welsh antiquarianism, the Ossian controversy, Irish nationalism, Celtic landscapes, Romantic form and Orientalism. The collection covers writing by Blake, Wordsworth, Scott, Byron and Shelley, and will be of interest to scholars of Romanticism and Celtic studies.

Contents:

Sir William Jones, the Celtic revival and the oriental renaissance / Michael J. Franklin

The critical response to Ossian's romantic bequest / Dafydd R. Moore

Blake and Gwendolen: territory, periphery and the proper name / David Punter

The Welsh American dream: Iolo Morganwg, Robert Southey and the Madoc legend/ Caroling Franklin

Wordsworth, north Wales and the Celtic landscape / J.R. Watson

The force of 'Celtic memories' in Byron's thought / Bernard Beatty

Shelley, Ireland and romantic orientalism / Arthur Bradley

Byron and the 'Ariosto of the north' / Andrew Nicholson

Scott and the British tourist / Murray G.H. Pittock

Felicia Hemans, Byronic cosmopolitanism and the ancient Welsh bards / William D. Brewer

Luttrell of Arran and the romantic invention of Ireland / Malcolm Kelsall

Contemporary Northern Irish poets and romantic poetry / Michael O'Neill.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-256) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-13244-4

1-280-16102-7

0-511-12014-1

1-139-14774-9

0-511-06431-4

0-511-05798-9

0-511-32611-4

0-511-48413-5

0-511-07277-5

OCLC:

171136320