The Last of the Celts

The Last of the Celts PDF

Author: Marcus Tanner

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 0300104642

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The author of Ireland's Holy Wars journeys through the Celtic world to discover the Celtic past and what remains of the authentic culture today, discovering that Celtic revival is largely misplaced and that the threats to the world's Celtic communities and culture are relentless.

Mother Tongues and Other Reflections on the Italian Language

Mother Tongues and Other Reflections on the Italian Language PDF

Author: Giulio C. Lepschy

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780802037299

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In this collection of six scholarly essays on the Italian language, Giulio Lepschy discusses issues ranging from Italian literary and spoken history to prosody and a play of the Italian Renaissance.

An Irish-Speaking Island

An Irish-Speaking Island PDF

Author: Nicholas M. Wolf

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres

Published: 2014-11-25

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 0299302741

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This groundbreaking book shatters historical stereotypes, demonstrating that, in the century before 1870, Ireland was not an anglicized kingdom and was capable of articulating modernity in the Irish language. It gives a dynamic account of the complexity of Ireland in the nineteenth century, developments in church and state, and the adaptive bilingualism found across all regions, social levels, and religious persuasions.

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