Cornish Studies Volume 19

by Stuart Dunmore (Contribution by), David Everett (Contribution by), Jonathan Howlett (Contribution by), Sharon Lowenna (Contribution by), Philip Payton (Contribution by)

Overview

The nineteenth volume in the acclaimed paperback series...the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation. 'Cornish Studies' has consistently - and successfully - sought to investigate and understand the complex nature of Cornish identity, as well as to discuss its implications for society and governance in contemporary Cornwall. The latest volume in this internationally acclaimed paperback series, Cornish Studies: Nineteen examines the Duchy of Cornwall in the medieval period and discusses the Cornish language (including its significance as an icon of contemporary Cornish identity), as well as critically evaluating the early Cornish-language revivalists and analysing the experiences of Cornish women in Cornwall's nineteenth-century 'Great Emigration'. There is also a review of recent books on Californian mining towns in the 1930s and the 'Anglican imagination' of John Betjeman.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780859898669
Publisher:	University of Exeter Press
Publication date:	12/15/2011
Series:	Cornish Studies
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Philip Payton is Professor of Cornish & Australian Studies in the University of Exeter and Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University's Cornwall campus. He is also the author of A.L. Rowse and Cornwall: A Paradoxical Patriot (UEP, 2005, paperback 2007), Making Moonta: The Invention of 'Australia's Little Cornwall' (UEP, 2007), John Betjeman and Cornwall: 'The Celebrated Cornish Nationalist' (UEP, 2010)and numerous other books on Cornwall and the Cornish.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors vii

Introduction 1

1 A Duchy officer and a gentleman: The career connections of Avery Cornburgh (d.1487) R. E. Stansfield 9

2 Some Cornish plurals Nicholas Williams 35

3 Xians via Yish? Language attitudes and cultural identities on Britain's Celtic periphery Stuart Dunmore 60

4 I am answerable for the Cornish': The genesis of the Revd Robert Williams's Lexicon-Cornu Britannkum and the significance of the Peniarth Library's Hengwrt Manuscripts in his later research Derek R. Williams 84

5 Charles Rogers's 'Vocabulary of the Cornish Language', the Rylands Vocabulary, and gatherers of pre-Revival' fragments Sharon Lowenna 105

6 A 'mystic message to the world': Henry Jenner, W. Y. Evans-Wentz and the fairy-faith in 'Celtic' Cornwall Carl Phillips 123

7 Henry Jenner and the British Museum David Everett 140

8 From a North Cornish pulpit: The sermon notes of Cyril Leslie-Jones, 1911-1919 Jonathan Howlett 159

9 Desperate? Destitute? Deserted? Questioning perceptions of miners' wives in Cornwall during the great emigration, 1851-1891 Lesley Trotter 195

10 Cousins Jack and Jenny in Phyllis Somerville's Not Only in Stone Charlotte White 225

11 Review Article Diversity and Complexity in twentieth-century Cornish Identities Philip Payton 235

Editorial Reviews

"Time and place are central to many of the issues facing humanity, and how we contemplate the future. Cornish Studies thus provides much more than insight into the past and the regional, informing understanding that extends far beyond."( Professor Kevin J. Gaston, Director, Environment & Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus) "A staple of the academic year the latest volume of Cornish Studies (Second Series) does not disappoint in its on-going deconstruction of some of the myths of Cornish culture. This is a fine collection of essays with some interesting emergent voices in the field."(Cornish Banner, 147, February 2012)

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