Irish in Popular Literature in the Early American Republic Paddy Whacking
Author: | Murphy, Graham Pitcher, Edward |
Year: | 2000 |
Pages: | 428 |
ISBN: | 0-7734-7838-8 978-0-7734-7838-1 |
Price: | $259.95 |
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This anthology collects and organizes the multiform depictions of the Irish from 1786-1840, in a volume that establishes the origins of the American cultural fixation on representations of the Irish.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Glossary of Irish idioms and Other Paddy Whacking Words
Bulls, Boasts, and Blunders
Anecdotes, stories, jokes by year 1786-1840
Index of Authors, Settings, and Subjects
Register of Magazines and Extracts