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The Severed Head and the Grafted Tongue: Literature, Translation and Violence in Early Modern Ireland Palmer, Patricia (King's College London)
The Severed Head and the Grafted Tongue: Literature, Translation and Violence in Early Modern Ireland
Palmer, Patricia (King's College London)
Weaving together historical documentation of beheadings and literary depictions of such atrocities from sixteenth-century Ireland, this study explores how violence is transcribed into art, making Irish-language poetic responses to Elizabethan conquest and colonisation available in readable translations.
195 pages, 9 b/w illus.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 14, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107614703 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 196 |
| Dimensions | 230 × 155 × 12 mm · 300 g |
| Language | English |
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