Mysticism, Myth and Celtic Identity

Author:   Marion Gibson (University of Exeter) ,  Shelley Trower (University of Hull, UK) ,  Garry Tregidga (University of Exeter, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415628693


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   19 November 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Marion Gibson (University of Exeter) ,  Shelley Trower (University of Hull, UK) ,  Garry Tregidga (University of Exeter, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780415628693


ISBN 10:   0415628695
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   19 November 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Introduction. Part 1: Prehistory and Paganism 1. Druids in Modern British Fiction 2. Old Deities, New Worlds 3. Uncovering the Deepest Layers of the British Past, 1850-1914 4. ""Dreams of Celtic Kings"" 5. ""The Truth against the World"" Part 2: Gothic, Romance and Landscape 6. ‘Confined to a Living Grave’ 7. Fingal in the West Country 8. Geological Folklore 9. Celtic Cultural Politics 10. Spirited Away Part 3: Memory, Myth and Politics 11. Cornish Crusaders and Barbary Captives 12. Re-enacting Scottish History in Europe 13. Reconstructing West Wales 14. From Apocalyptic Paranoia to the Mythic Nation 15. Albion’s Spectre"

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Myth Mysticism, and Celtic Identity is an excellent book; it brings together essays from a variety of fields to address historically important and contemporarily relevant questions about the nature of Celtic culture and the continuing status and influence of that culture in the world today. Professor C.W. Sullivan III, East Carolina University, USA


<p> Myth Mysticism, and Celtic Identity is an excellent book; it brings together essays from a variety of fields to address historically important and contemporarily relevant questions about the nature of Celtic culture and the continuing status and influence of that culture in the world today. Professor C.W. Sullivan III, East Carolina University, USA


Author Information

Marion Gibson is Associate Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures at the University of Exeter, UK. Her publications include Witchcraft Myths in American Culture (2007), Possession, Puritanism and Print: Darrell, Harsnett, Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Exorcism Controversy (2006) and Reading Witchcraft: Stories of Early English Witches (1990). Shelley Trower is a Lecturer at the Department of English at the University of Hull, UK. Her publications include Senses of Vibration (2012) and Place, Writing, and Voice in Oral History (2011). Garry Tregidga is a Senior Lecturer and Assistant Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University of Exeter, UK. His publications include Memory, Place and Identity: The Cultural Landscapes of Cornwall (2012) and Mebyon Kernow and the History of Cornish Nationalism, co edited with Dick Cole and Bernard Deacon (2003).

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