Print and Popular Culture in Ireland, 1750-1850

by Closain and Niall O Ciosáin

This highly acclaimed book is being published for the first time in paperback. The author studies the cheap printed literature which was read in eighteenth and nineteenth century Ireland and the cultures of its audience. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to a little-known topic, pursuing comparisons with other regions such as Brittany and Scotland. By addressing questions such as the language shift and the unique social configuration of Ireland...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333666844
• ISBN13: 9780333666845
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"