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Christian Case edited the blog post Works Cited in the group Irish Studies: 5 years, 4 months ago
Yeats, W. B. The Celtic Twilight. Macmillan and Co., 1893. Print.
Yeats, W.B. “The Song of Wandering Aengus.” The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats, edited by Richard J. Finneran. Springer, 1991. Pp. 59 – 60 […]
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Christian Case edited the blog post Evolution of Irish Stereotypes in the group Irish Studies: 5 years, 4 months ago
Negative stereotypes in Ireland trace back to their Celtic ancestors who were once openly criticized by outsiders as barbaric heathens with crude traditions and little understanding of the world. Druid traditions […]
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Christian Case edited the blog post Myth and Folklore in the group Irish Studies: 5 years, 5 months ago
Yeats uses Celticism to counter these negative stereotypes such as those portrayed in the Punch cartoons. To understand Yeats’ complicated perspectives, it is helpful to know of his background: he is Irish but s […]
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Christian Case edited the blog post Romanticized People in the group Irish Studies: 5 years, 5 months ago
The notion of Ireland brings together different opinions, though romanticizing has been very prevalent across artists, authors, and notorious people. J.M. Synge was an Irish author who spent time on the Aran […]
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Christian Case edited the blog post Irish Stereotypes in the group Irish Studies: 5 years, 5 months ago
On one of our first days of class, we discussed topics that we stereotypically associate with Ireland. The following ideas came to mind: overconsumption of alcohol, having a lot of babies, the color green, sheep, […]
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Christian Case edited the blog post Impact of Language in the group Irish Studies: 5 years, 5 months ago
Language is an important factor in what is considered to be the ideal Ireland. The Irish Gaelic had dwindled as time passed and there have been revitalization attempts due to the association of Gaelic with Irish […]
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Christian Case edited the blog post Dismantling Stereotypes: The Pursuit of an Ideal in the group Irish Studies: 5 years, 5 months ago
We’re all familiar with Irish stereotypes. There are commonly known ones that have a negative impact on the people as a whole: being drunk, having a lot of children, and poverty. These negative traits have been e […]
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Christian Case joined the group Irish Studies 5 years, 5 months ago
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