Title Poetry and Jacobite politics in eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland / Murray G.H. Pittock

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994

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Description Electronic book xiii, 254 pages ; 24 cm Series Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 23 Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 23 Contents 1. Invasion and xenophobia -- 2. The wee, wee German lairdie -- 3. The codes of the canon -- 4. Jacobite political culture in Scotland -- 5. Jacobite culture in Ireland and Wales -- 6. The demon's light -- 7. The tartan curtain Summary The project of this book is to question and rewrite assumptions about the nature of the Augustan era through an exploration of Jacobite ideology. Taking as its starting point the fundamental ambivalence of the Augustan concept the author studies canonical and non-canonical literature and uncovers a new 'four nations' literary history of the period defined in terms of struggle for control of the language of authority between Jacobite and Hanoverian writers. This struggle is seen to have crystallized Irish and Scottish opposition to the British state. The Jacobite cause generated powerful popular literature and the sources explored include ballads, broadsides and writing in Scots, Irish, Welsh and Gaelic. The author concludes that the literary history we inherit is built on the political outcome of the Revolution of 1688 Analysis English literature History,1702-1745 Great Britain Ireland Notes Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Dec 2011) Bibliography Includes bibliographical referenceS (pages 243-250) and index Notes English Subject Canon (Literature) Celtic literature -- History and criticism. English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. Jacobites. Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. Politics and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century. Popular literature -- Great Britain -- History and criticism. Popular literature -- Ireland -- History and criticism. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056900 Ireland -- Politics and government -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068037 LC no. 93042500 ISBN 0521410924 (hardback)

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