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'Tinkers'
The history of Irish Travellers is not analogous to that of the 'tinker', a Europe-wide underworld fantasy created by sixteenth-century British and continental Rogue Literature that came to be seen as an Irish character alone as English became dominant in Ireland. By the Revival, the tinker represented bohemian, pre-Celtic aboriginality, functioning as the cultural nationalist counter to the Victorian Gypsy mania. Long misunderstood as a portrayal of actual Travellers, J.M. Synge's influential The Tinker's Wedding was pivotal to this 'Irishing' of the tinker, even as it acknowledged that figure's cosmopolitan textual roots. Synge's empathetic depiction is closely examined, as are the many su...
Thomas Burke
Thomas Burke, a poet, a medical doctor, a lawyer, North Carolina's third governor, has a most interesting life. This book provides complete details on his life with many of his letters being quoted, as opposed to paraphrased opinions about him; you can read it for yourself. Further, his letter to Gen. George Washington shows his deep thinking and great common sense. His activities in the Continental Congress are amazing, and his views of civil rights were way ahead of his time.
'Tinkers'
Irish playwright J.M. Synge created influential but misunderstood representations of travellers or 'tinkers'. This work traces the history of the 'tinker' back to medieval Irish historiography and English Renaissance literature and forward to contemporary US screen depictions
My Cry Is to All That Live
My Cry is to all that live is a book written with the 'ordinary' person in mind. By taking stories from the Gospels, drawing on scriptural and theological scholarship, iconography, and the experiences of women and Earth, Mary Burke opens for us a renewed look at some of the foundational stories of the Christian tradition. The book is suitable for all readers searching for meaningful engagement with the Gospel in the midst of a world alienated from the Christian tradition and facing enormous ecological challenges. The book brings together the author's strong passion for Scripture, theology and iconography to open up stories from the Gospels in a fresh way. The cover of the book features Sophi...
The Early Life Correspondence and Writings of The Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke
Originally published in 1923, this book presents a biographical account of Edmund Burke's early life and education. A transcript of the Minute Book of the Trinity College, Dublin Debating Club, founded by Burke in 1747, is also included, together with other writings by and relating to Burke. Illustrative figures are incorporated throughout, together with extensive textual notes. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the early life and writings of Burke.
Race, Politics, and Irish America
Figures from the Scots-Irish Andrew Jackson to the Caribbean-Irish Rihanna, as well as literature, film, caricature, and beauty discourse, convey how the Irish racially transformed multiple times: in the slave-holding Caribbean, on America's frontiers and antebellum plantations, and along its eastern seaboard. This cultural history of race and centuries of Irishness in the Americas examines the forcibly transported Irish, the eighteenth-century Presbyterian Ulster-Scots, and post-1845 Famine immigrants. Their racial transformations are indicated by the designations they acquired in the Americas: 'Redlegs,' 'Scots-Irish,' and 'black Irish.' In literature by Fitzgerald, O'Neill, Mitchell, Glas...
Women in the Life of Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson is one of the most significant and controversial United States Presidents. This book follows Jackson's life and death through the lives of six women who influenced both his politics and his persona. His mother, Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, introduced him to their Scots-Irish heritage. Jackson's wife, Rachel Donelson Jackson provided emotional support and a stable household throughout her life. Emily Donelson, his niece, was the White House hostess for most of his presidency and was one of the few women to stand up to Jackson's overbearing nature. She, along with Rachel Jackson and Mary Eaton (the wife of Jackson's Secretary of War) was also involved in the Petticoat Affair, a historic scandal that consumed the early Jackson administration. His daughter-in-law, Sarah Yorke Jackson, and niece, Mary Eastin Polk, supported Jackson in his retirement and buttressed his political legacy. These six women helped to mold, support, and temper the figure of Andrew Jackson we know today.
