1st Edition
Print and the Celtic Languages Publishing and Reading in Irish, Welsh, Gaelic and Breton, 1700–1900
By Niall Ó Ciosáin
Copyright 2024
206 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
206 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
206 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book is a study of the print cultures of the four principal Celtic languages — Irish, Welsh, Gaelic and Breton — in the crucial period between 1700 and 1900.
Over the past four centuries, the Celtic languages of northwest Europe have followed contrasting paths of maintenance and decline. This was despite their common lack of official recognition and use, and their common distance from the... Read more
1. Questions, Approaches, Sources
2. Reading in the Celtic Languages: Its Nature and Measurement
3. Print in the Four Languages Before 1800
4. Print in the Four Languages After 1800
5. Readers, Subscriptions and Miscellanies in Welsh, Gaelic and Irish
6. Books of Psalms, Hymns and Religious Songs
7. Transnational Connections
8. The Print Cultures of the Celtic Languages in the Emigrant Communities in North America and Australia
9. Conclusion
Biography
Niall Ó Ciosáin is a Senior Lecturer in the School of History and Philosophy in the University of Galway. His research is in the areas of book history, literacy, education and language shift.
