Anail an bheil bheo : orality and modern Irish culture / edited by Nessa Cronin, Sean Crosson, and John Eastlake.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Cronin, Nessa.

Crosson, Seán.

Eastlake, John.

National University of Ireland, Galway. Centre for Irish Studies.

Conference Name:

Galway Conference of Irish Studies (1st : 2006 : Galway, Ireland)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--Ireland--Congresses.

Folklore.

Oral tradition--Ireland--Congresses.

Oral tradition.

Oral history--Ireland--Congresses.

Oral history.

Ireland--Social life and customs--Congresses.

Ireland.

Ireland--Civilization--Congresses.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Other Title:

Orality and modern Irish culture

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anáil an Bhéil Bheo brings together a stimulating range of interdisciplinary essays considering the connections between orality and modern Irish culture. From literature to song, folklore to the visual arts, contributors examine not only the connections between oral and textual traditions in Ireland, but also the theoretical concept of "orality" itself and the corresponding significance of oral texts in Irish society. Featuring work by emerging scholars in the fields of history, literature, f...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; THE "SEA OF ORALITY"; PROLOGUE; ORALITY AND MODERN IRISH CULTURE; SECTION I; HISTORY, SEANCHAS AND MEMORY IN "CATH CHÉIM AN FHIA"; "FOLK" VS. "LITERARY" IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY IRISH SONG; TWO DIMENSIONS TO ORALITY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY IRELAND; SÉAMUS ENNIS,W.R. RODGERS AND SIDNEY ROBERTSON COWELL ON THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF THE ARAN ISLANDS; JACK B. YEATS'S A BROADSIDE; CONTEMPORARY MANIFESTATIONS OF IRELAND'S ORAL CULTURE; SECTION II; STORYTELLING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF LOCAL IDENTITIES ON THE IRISH BORDER; "THE SMELL OF HER APRON"

CREATIVITY IN THE ORAL HISTORY ENCOUNTERMAKING SENSE OF "MISTAKES" IN ORAL SOURCES; NARRATIVE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE IRISH IN BIRMINGHAM; SECTION III; EDMUND BURKE'S POLITICAL POETICS; PARALLEL SONGLINES; A VOICE FROM THE WEST; "FECKING AROUND WITH THESE OLD STORIES"; SEÁNRAÍ BÉIL NA GAEILGE AGUS TIONSCNAMH NA NUALITRÍOCHTA; ORAL GENRES AND THE MODERN LITERARY MOVEMENT IN IRISH; THE (ORIGINAL) ISLANDMAN?; CODA; MICHAEL BOYLE; BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Notes:

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Based on papers originally presented in June, 2006 at the 1st Galway Conference of Irish Studies sponsored by the Centre for Irish Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-18985-9

9786612189852

1-4438-0387-1

OCLC:

823720984