Icons of Irishness From the Middle Ages to the Modern World

Zusatztext "Icons of Irishness from the Middle Ages to the Modern World may seem to be a relatively brief study! but it is not one to be taken lightly . . . Williams offers a fascinating and illuminating study of the construction of an ethnic identity that links medieval models to the more recent past and the present." - The Medieval Review Informationen zum Autor Maggie M. Williams is Assistant Professor of Art History at William Paterson University, USA. Klappentext From majestic Celtic crosses to elaborate knotwork designs, visual symbols of Irish identity at its most medieval abound in contemporary culture. Consdering both scholarly and popular perspectives this book offers a commentary on the blending of pasts and presents that finds permanent visualization in these contemporary signs. Zusammenfassung From majestic Celtic crosses to elaborate knotwork designs, visual symbols of Irish identity at its most medieval abound in contemporary culture. Consdering both scholarly and popular perspectives this book offers a commentary on the blending of pasts and presents that finds permanent visualization in these contemporary signs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Icons of Irishness Visualizing Antiquity Classifying Taste Meet Me at the Fair Keepsakes and Souvenirs Proclaiming Independence, Expressing Solidarity Afterword Select Bibliography

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Introduction: Icons of Irishness Visualizing Antiquity Classifying Taste Meet Me at the Fair Keepsakes and Souvenirs Proclaiming Independence, Expressing Solidarity Afterword Select Bibliography

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"Icons of Irishness from the Middle Ages to the Modern World may seem to be a relatively brief study, but it is not one to be taken lightly . . . Williams offers a fascinating and illuminating study of the construction of an ethnic identity that links medieval models to the more recent past and the present." - The Medieval Review

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• Authors: M Williams, M. Williams, Maggie M. Williams, WILLIAMS MAGGIE M
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.11.2012
• EAN: 9780230103207
• ISBN: 978-0-230-10320-7
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: The New Middle Ages; New Middle Ages
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; B, Europe, Fine Arts, European History, Fine Art, Literature: history & criticism, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, European Literature, Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval, Classical literature, Classical and Antique Literature, Fine arts: art forms, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Palgrave Literature Collection, Medieval Literature, Literature, Medieval, History of Medieval Europe, Europe—History—476-1492, The Arts: art forms