| The Politics of Language in Ireland 1366-1922: A Sourcebook Contributor(s): Crowley, Tony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415157188 ISBN-13: 9780415157186 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1999 Annotation: Crowley brings together, for the first time, Irish debates around language from the date of the first legislation against the Irish, the Statute of Kilkenny, 1366, to the constitution of the Free State in 1922. The book is divided into six historical sections: Spenser's "View of the Present State of Ireland," Brooke's "Reliques of Irish Poetry," Hyde's "The Necessity of De-Anglicising Ireland," Gaelic League Pamphlets and essays and letters by Yeats and Synge. Also included are some less familiar materials: the Preface to the "New Testament" in Irish (1602), Introductions to the first Irish-English and English-Irish Dictionaries, MacCruitin's "Vindication of the Antiquity of Ireland," Vallencey's essay on the links between Irish and the language of the North American Algonquin, and the attitudes towards Irish of Grattan, Flood, O'Connell, and Pearse. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - History | Europe - Ireland |
| Dewey: 306.449 |
| LCCN: 99032500 |
| Series: Politics of Language |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.14" W x 9.17" (0.90 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Ireland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For almost a thousand years language has been an important and contentious issue in Ireland but above all it reflects the great themes of Irish history: colonial, invasion, native resistance, religious and cultural difference. Collected here for the first time are texts on language from the date of the first legislation against the Irish: the Statute of Kilkenny, 1366, to the constitution of the Free State in 1922. Crowley's introduction connects these texts to current debates, giving The Belfast Agreement as a textual example and illustrating that the language debates continue today. Divided into six historical sections with detailed editor's introductions, this unique sourcebook includes familiar cultural texts such as essays and letters by Yeats along side less familiar writings including the Preface to the New Testament in Irish. (1602) Providing direct access to original texts, this is an historical resource book which can be used as a case study in the relations between language and cultural identity. |
