John Derricke's the Image of Irelande: with a Discoverie of Woodkarne: Essays on Text and Context
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
John Derricke's the Image of Irelande: with a Discoverie of Woodkarne: Essays on Text and Context
By (Author) Professor Thomas Herron
Edited by Denna Iammarino
Edited by Maryclaire Moroney
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
27th April 2021
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
821.3
Physical Properties
Hardback
304
Width 170mm, Height 240mm, Spine 25mm
Description
John Derricke's The Image of Irelande, with a Discoverie of Woodkarne is a key work of English print-making, Irish and English history and cultural misunderstanding.
The work attests to the complexity of English and Irish relations, colonisation, military history, imperial propaganda, poetry, art, printing and the forging of identity in the early modern British Isles. The original work comprises of a lengthy poetic narrative and twelve famous woodcuts of the highest quality produced in sixteenth-century England. They also represent some of the only contemporary views of early modern Ireland on record. The sixteen interdisciplinary essays in this collection focus on the text's political and historical meaning, print history, iconographic elements, paratexts, literary and artistic influences, and cultural archaeology. The collection will appeal to scholars of many disciplines.
Author Bio
Thomas Herron is Professor of English at East Carolina University
Denna Iammarino is a Lecturer at the Case Western Reserve University
Maryclaire Moroney is Professor in English at the John Carroll University
