Print and Popular Culture in Ireland, 1750–1850

Early Modern History: Society and Culture

by Niall O Ciosáin, Niall 6 Coisain

Looks at popular print culture and how its stories of knights and heroes, highwaymen and cattle stealers were read and understood. The author's analysis touches on topics as varied as the origins of modern Orange ritual, the relationship between literacy, printing and languages, and Gaelic religious songs. He ends by considering the ways in which ordinary people at the time saw their world, as well as the ways in which modern scholars have described and interpreted their cultures. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

249 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1997