Icons of Irishness from the Middle Ages to the Modern World

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Icons of Irishness

   • Maggie M. Williams

   Pages 1-18

3. Visualizing Antiquity

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   Pages 19-44

4. Classifying Taste

   • Maggie M. Williams

   Pages 45-66

5. Meet Me at the Fair

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   Pages 67-96

6. Keepsakes and Souvenirs

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   Pages 97-119

7. Proclaiming Independence, Expressing Solidarity

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   Pages 121-142

8. Afterword: Specters and Apparitions

   • Maggie M. Williams

   Pages 143-146

9. Back Matter

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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.

• antiquity
• bibliography
• culture
• design
• identity
• independence
• Medieval Literature
• Middle Ages
• visualization
• British and Irish Literature

"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

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

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