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John Derricke's Image of Irelande, with a Discoverie of Woodkarne is one of the best and least known works produced in England on Tudor Ireland. This collection's sixteen essays examine the work's political and historical meaning, print history, iconographic elements, paratexts, literary and artistic influences and cultural archaeology. The collection will appeal to scholars of many disciplines.
List of contents
1 IntroductionMaryclaire Moroney, Denna Iammarino, and Thomas Herron
2 The Transatlantic colonial context: John Derricke versus Edmund SpenserBrian C. Lockey
3 Captain and Kern and Knight-in-Arms: martial identities and the subject of conquest in Derricke's Image of IrelandeMaryclaire Moroney
4 Animals make the man: violence, masculinity, and the colonial project in Derricke's Image of IrelandeJohn Soderberg
5 'Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas': Sir Henry Sidney's return to Dublin as depicted in John Derricke's Image of IrelandeBríd McGrath
6 John Derricke's Image of Irelande (1581) and late-sixteenth-century DublinJames Lyttleton
7 Derricke, Day & the Dutch, or a tale of woodcuts and woodkernsStuart Kinsella
8 'Framed and clothed with variety': print culture, multimodality, and visual design in John Derricke's Image of IrelandeAndie Silva
9 Scotland's Image of Irelande: Scott, Small, and the Edinburgh EditionWilly Maley and Alasdair Thanisch
10 Anxiety and influence: John Derricke's Image of Irelande and the Mirror for Magistrates traditionScott Lucas
11 'Patternes of rebellion' - Derricke's rebel poemsElisabeth Chaghafi
12 Irish apocalypse: Derricke, Dürer, and FoxeThomas Herron
13 Clothed with variety: discovering the formal and figurative texture of John Derricke's Image of IrelandeMatthew Woodcock
14 Why read between the lines?: Derricke, paratext, and poetic receptionDenna Iammarino
15 John Derricke, Edmund Spenser, and the white wand of justice and equityWilliam O'Neil
16 'Aspice spectator sic me docuere parentes': aesthetico-political misprision in John Derricke's Notable Discoverie of WoodkarneThomas Cartelli
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About the author
Thomas Herron is Professor of English at East Carolina University
Denna Iammarino is a Lecturer at the Case Western Reserve University
Maryclaire Moroney is Professor in English at the John Carroll University
