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Poetry and Jacobite politics in eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland / Murray G.H. Pittock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pittock, Murray, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 23.
- Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 23
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--18th century--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- English literature.
- Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Politics and literature.
- Popular literature--Great Britain--History and criticism.
- Popular literature.
- Politics and literature--Ireland--History--18th century.
- Popular literature--Ireland--History and criticism.
- Celtic literature--History and criticism.
- Celtic literature.
- Canon (Literature).
- Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- Ireland--Politics and government--18th century.
- Ireland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 254 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Poetry & Jacobite Politics in Eighteenth-Century Britain & Ireland
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The aim of this book is to question assumptions about the nature of the Augustan era through an exploration of Jacobite ideology. Taking as its starting point the fundamental ambivalence of the Augustan concept the author studies canonical and non-canonical literature and uncovers the 'four nations' literary history of the period defined in terms of a struggle for control of the language of authority between Jacobite and Hanoverian writers. This struggle is seen to have crystallized Irish and Scottish opposition to the British state. The Jacobite cause generated powerful popular literature and the sources explored include ballads, broadsides and writing in Scots, Irish, Welsh and Gaelic. The author concludes that the literary history we inherit is built on the political outcome of the Revolution of 1688.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical referenceS (p. 243-250) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781139085274
- 1139085271
- 9780511519093
- 0511519095
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb07599 hdl
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