Mysticism, myth and Celtic identity

Mysticism, myth and Celtic identity

by Gibson, Marion Tregidga, Garry Trower, Shelley

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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 defenc…

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

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.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

  • Description:ix, 240 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780415628686, 0415628687, 9780415628693, 0415628695, 9780203080184, 0203080181
  • oclc:ocn882563813
  • LC Classification:PN849.G74
  • Dewey Decimal:820

Table of Contents

Part I -- Prehistory and paganism -- Part II Gothic, romance, and landscape -- Part III -- Memory, myths, and politics

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Subjects

British literature British literature -- History and criti… Celtes -- Folklore Celtes dans la littérature Celts Celts -- Folklore Celts in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc Druides dans la littérature Druids and druidism in literature Engelsk litteratur -- historia Folklore Great Britain Kelter i litteraturen Langage et culture -- Grande-Bretagne Language and culture Language and culture -- Great Britain Literature and myth Littérature britannique -- Histoire et … Littérature et mythe

Writers

Gibson, Marion Tregidga, Garry Trower, Shelley

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