Mysticism, Myth and Celtic Identity

Description:

Mysticism, Myth and Celtic Identity explores how the mythical and mystical past informs national imaginations. Building on notions of invented tradtion and myths of the nation, it looks at the power of narrative and fiction to shape identity, with particular reference to the British and Celtic contexts. The authors consider how aspects of the past are reinterpreted or reimagined in a variety of ways to give coherence to desired national groupings, or groups aspiring to nationhood and its defence. The covereage is unusually broad in its historical sweep, dealing with work from prehistory to the contemporary, with a partiuclar emphasis on the period from the eighteenth century to the present. The subject matter includes notions of ancient deities, Druids, Celticity, the archaelogical remains of pagan religions, traditional folk tales, racial and religious myths and ethnic politics, and the different types of returns and hauntings that can recycle these ideas in culture. - from cover.

subjects: Druids and druidism in literature,  History and criticism,  Celts in literature,  Language and culture,  British literature,  Mysticism in literature,  Celts,  Folklore,  Literature and myth,  English literature, history and criticism,  Celts, folklore,  Druids and druidism,  Littérature britannique,  Histoire et critique,  Mysticisme dans la littérature,  Celtes,  Littérature et mythe,  Druides dans la littérature,  Langage et culture,  Celtes dans la littérature,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  British literature--history and criticism,  Celts--folklore,  Language and culture--great britain,  Literature and myth--great britain,  Pn849.g74 m97 2013,  820

Places: Great Britain