Representing magic in modern Ireland: belief, history, and culture
This Element argues that Ireland did not experience a disenchanted modernity, nor a decline in magic. It suggests that beliefs, practices and traditions concerning witchcraft and magic developed and adapted to modernity to retain cultural currency until the end of the twentieth century. This analysi...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | Cambridge elements. Elements in magic
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ireland
/ Magic
/ Witch
/ Reception
/ Literature
/ History 1661-1998
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| Further subjects: | B
Witchcraft
History (Ireland)
B English literature Irish authors History and criticism B Magic in literature B Witchcraft in literature B Witches in literature B Magic History (Ireland) |
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| Summary: | This Element argues that Ireland did not experience a disenchanted modernity, nor a decline in magic. It suggests that beliefs, practices and traditions concerning witchcraft and magic developed and adapted to modernity to retain cultural currency until the end of the twentieth century. This analysis provides the backdrop for the first systematic exploration of how historic Irish trials of witches and cunning-folk were represented by historians, antiquarians, journalists, dramatists, poets, and novelists in Ireland between the late eighteenth and late twentieth century. It is demonstrated that this work created an accepted narrative of Irish witchcraft and magic which glossed over, ignored, or obscured the depth of belief in witchcraft, both in the past and in contemporary society. Collectively, their work gendered Irish witchcraft, created a myth of a disenchanted, modern Ireland, and reinforced competing views of Irishness and Irish identity. These long-held stereotypes were only challenged in the late twentieth-century. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022) |
| ISBN: | 1108954049 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781108954044 |