T. J Boynton
Author
Language
English
Description
First comprehensive account of the figure of the Irish Celt in modern British and Irish literature.
Emerging at a moment of escalating colonial conflict between England and Ireland, the figure of the Irish Celt enjoyed a long and varied career in both English and Irish literature from the late Victorian era to World War II. While this figure assumes many forms and functions, T. J. Boynton argues that he is consistently cast as inherently resistant...