Icons of Irishness from the Middle Ages to the Modern World

by M. Williams

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230103207
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	11/09/2012
Series:	The New Middle Ages
Edition description:	2012
Pages:	207
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Maggie M. Williams is Assistant Professor of Art History at William Paterson University, USA.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Author's Note xv

Introduction: Icons of Irishness 1

1 Visualizing Antiquity 19

2 Classifying Taste 45

3 Meet Me at the Fair 67

4 Keepsakes and Souvenirs 97

5 Proclaiming Independence, Expressing Solidarity 121

Afterword: Specters and Apparitions 143

Notes 147

Selected Bibliography 183

Index 197

Editorial Reviews

"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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