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Mysticism myth and Celtic identity / edited by Marion Gibson, Shelley Trower and Garry Tregidga.

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Mysticism myth and Celtic identity / edited by Marion Gibson, Shelley Trower and Garry Tregidga.
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Gibson, Marion, 1970-
  • Trower, Shelley, 1975-
  • Tregidga, Garry.
Description
ix, 240 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Mysticism, Myth and Celtic Identity explores how the mythical and mystical past informs national imaginations. Building on notions of invented tradtion and myths of the nation, it looks at the power of narrative and fiction to shape identity, with particular reference to the British and Celtic contexts. The authors consider how aspects of the past are reinterpreted or reimagined in a variety of ways to give coherence to desired national groupings, or groups aspiring to nationhood and its defence. The covereage is unusually broad in its historical sweep, dealing with work from prehistory to the contemporary, with a partiuclar emphasis on the period from the eighteenth century to the present. The subject matter includes notions of ancient deities, Druids, Celticity, the archaelogical remains of pagan religions, traditional folk tales, racial and religious myths and ethnic politics, and the different types of returns and hauntings that can recycle these ideas in culture. - from cover.
Subject
  • British literature > History and criticism
  • Mysticism in literature
  • Celts > Folklore
  • Literature and myth
  • Druids and druidism in literature
  • Language and culture > Great Britain
  • Celts in literature
  • Literature and myth > Great Britain
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Folklore
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Part I -- Prehistory and paganism -- Part II Gothic, romance, and landscape -- Part III -- Memory, myths, and politics
ISBN
  • 9780415628686 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0415628687 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780415628693 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0415628695 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780203080184 (ebk.)
  • 0203080181 (ebk.)
LCCN
^^2012021529
OCLC
  • 778425143
  • SCSB-12650971
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library