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Representing magic in modern Ireland : belief, history, and culture
- Title
- Representing magic in modern Ireland : belief, history, and culture / Andrew Sneddon.
- Author
- Sneddon, Andrew
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- ©2022
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- Description
- 80 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This Element argues that Ireland did not experience a disenchanted modernity, nor a decline in magic. It suggests that beliefs, practices, and the traditions concerning witchcraft and magic developed and adapted to modernity to retain cultural currency until the end of the twentieth century. This analysis provides the backdrop for the first systematic exploration of how historic Irish trials of witches and cunning folk were represented by historians, antiquarians, journalists, dramatists, poets, and novelists in Ireland between the late eighteenth and late twentieth centuries. It is demonstrated that this work created an accepted narrative of Irish witchcraft and magic that glossed over, ignored, or obscured the depth of belief in witchcraft, both in the past and in contemporary society. Collectively, their work gendered Irish witchcraft, created a myth of a disenchanted, modern Ireland, and reinforced competing views of Irishness and Irish identity. These long-held stereotypes were only challenged in the late twentieth century"--Back cover.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge elements. Elements in magic
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge elements. Elements in magic.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-80).
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Witchcraft and magic in modern Ireland -- 3. Writing the history of Irish witchcraft -- 4. Reimagining Irish witchcraft: literature and the press -- 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-4491
- ISBN
- 9781108949279
- 1108949274
- OCLC
- 1296533666
- Author
- Sneddon, Andrew, author.
- Title
- Representing magic in modern Ireland : belief, history, and culture / Andrew Sneddon.
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge elements. Elements in magicCambridge elements. Elements in magic.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-80).
- Other Form:
- Electronic version: Sneddon, Andrew. Representing magic in modern Ireland. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 9781108954044 (OCoLC)1315754333
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-4491