Language and Conquest in Early Modern Ireland: English Renaissance Literature and Elizabethan Imperial Expansion Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Language and Conquest in Early Modern Ireland: English Renaissance Literature and Elizabethan Imperial Expansion Book

The Elizabethan conquest of Ireland sparked off two linguistic events of enduring importance: it initiated the language shift from Irish to English, which constitutes the great drama of Irish cultural history, and it marked the beginnings of English linguistic expansion. In Language and Conquest in Early-Modern Ireland, Patricia Palmer explores the part which language played in shaping colonial ideology and English national identity. This is an ambitious, comparative study which will interest literary and political historians.Read More

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  • 0521793181
  • 9780521793186
  • Patricia Palmer
  • 20 September 2001
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 266
  • First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
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