Heroic Revivals from Carlyle to Yeats
This book reassesses the cultural and political dimensions of the Irish Revival's heroic ideal and explores its implications for the construction of Irish modernity. By foregrounding the heroic ideal, it shows how the cultural landscape carved out by thes
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HEROIC REVIVALS FROM CARLYLE TO YEATS
Copyright © Geraldine Higgins, 2012. All rights reserved.
Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–03562–2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Higgins, Geraldine. Heroic revivals from Carlyle to Yeats / Geraldine Higgins. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978–1–137–03562–2 1. English literature—Irish authors—History and criticism. 2. Heroes in literature. I. Title. PR8722.H47H54 2012 820.9⬘353—dc23
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1 Reviving the Irish Hero
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2 George Russell (AE): The Memory of Race
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3 J. M. Synge: Out of History into Legend
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4 W. B.
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