In:Mere Irish & Fíor-Ghael: Studies in the idea of Irish nationality, its literary expression and development
Joep Leerssen
[Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature 22] 1986
► pp. xv–vii
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Published online: 1 January 1986
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Table of contents
Acknowledgementsix
Abbreviationsxi
Spelling, typography, nomenclaturexiii
Introduction: aims and methods
1. The idea of nationality: terminology and historical background
2. Ierland in English representations
3. The fictional Irishman in English literature
4. Gaelic poetry and the idea of Irish nationality
5. The public assertion of Irish civility
6. Gael and Anglo-Irish: the development of an Irish national identity in the eighteenth century
Conclusion
Footnotes
Bibliography
Index
