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Smyllie's Ireland : Protestants, independence, and the man who ran The Irish Times / Caleb Wood Richardson.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Irish culture, memory, and placePublisher: Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]Description: viii, 185 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780253041241 : (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 914.15 23
Contents:
Locals -- West Brits -- Continentals -- Patrons -- Liberals -- Patriots -- Gaels -- Anglo-Irish -- Conclusion: Smyllie's Ireland.
Summary: "As Irish republicans sought to rid the country of British rule and influence in the early 20th century, a clear delineation was made between what was "authentically" Irish and what was considered to be English influence. As a member of the Anglo-Irish elite who inhabited a precarious identity somewhere in between, R. M. Smyllie found himself having to navigate the painful experience of being made to feel an outsider in his own homeland. Smyllie’s role as an influential editor of the Irish Times meant he had to confront most of the issues that defined the Irish experience, from Ireland’s neutrality during World War II to the fraught cultural claims surrounding the Irish language and literary censorship." - Book cover
List(s) this item appears in: New acquisitions 2019 | Acquisitions 2019-2020
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Loanable Book Library Irish Collection 914.15 RIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000438319

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180) and index.

Locals -- West Brits -- Continentals -- Patrons -- Liberals -- Patriots -- Gaels -- Anglo-Irish -- Conclusion: Smyllie's Ireland.

"As Irish republicans sought to rid the country of British rule and influence in the early 20th century, a clear delineation was made between what was "authentically" Irish and what was considered to be English influence. As a member of the Anglo-Irish elite who inhabited a precarious identity somewhere in between, R. M. Smyllie found himself having to navigate the painful experience of being made to feel an outsider in his own homeland. Smyllie’s role as an influential editor of the Irish Times meant he had to confront most of the issues that defined the Irish experience, from Ireland’s neutrality during World War II to the fraught cultural claims surrounding the Irish language and literary censorship." - Book cover

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