Print and Popular Culture in Ireland, 1750-1850

Klappentext This highly acclaimed book is being published for the first time in paperback. The author studies the cheap printed literature which was read in eighteenth and nineteenth century Ireland and the cultures of its audience. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to a little-known topic, pursuing comparisons with other regions such as Brittany and Scotland. By addressing questions such as the language shift and the unique social configuration of Ireland in this period, it adds a new dimension to the growing body of studies of popular culture in Europe. Zusammenfassung The author studies the cheap printed literature which was read in eighteenth and nineteenth century Ireland and the cultures of its audience. By addressing questions such as the language shift and the unique social configuration of Ireland in this period! it adds a new dimension to the growing body of studies of popular culture in Europe.

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'Extremely well researched, carefully argued and very stimulating...thought provoking interpretations on almost every page.' - English Historical Review

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• Authors: Niall O'Ciosain, Niall O Ciosain, Closain, Niall O. Ciosain, Niall Ao Ciosaain, Niall O Ciosáin, Niall O. Ciosain, Niall O. Ciosáin
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 04.08.1997
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)
• EAN: 9780333666845
• ISBN: 978-0-333-66684-5
• Pages: 258
• Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture; Early Modern History: Society; Early Modern History: Society and Culture; Early Modern History: Society
• Subjects: Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Kulturwissenschaften, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Social History, Reference, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, REFERENCE / Questions & Answers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century