RT Book
T1 Representing magic in modern Ireland: belief, history, and culture
T2 Cambridge elements. Elements in magic
A1 Sneddon, Andrew
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1804036056
AB 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.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022)
SN 9781108954044
SN 9781108949279
K1 English literature : Irish authors : History and criticism
K1 Witches in literature
K1 Magic in literature
K1 Witchcraft in literature
K1 Magic : History : Ireland
K1 Witchcraft : History : Ireland
DO 10.1017/9781108954044