Cornish Studies: Volume 14

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-85989-799-0
Verlag: University of Exeter Press

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 400 g

The fourteenth volume in this acclaimed paperback series includes articles on Cornish mining history, the Cornish and Breton languages compared, the history and revival of Cornish, the poet Charles Causley, twentieth–century Anglo-Cornish poetry written by women, the novels of Edith Havelock Ellis, the 1913 Cornish china-clay workers’ strike, fiction and Cornish tourism, nationalization in Cornwall, and the controversial Padstow ‘Darkie Days’

Autoren/Hrsg.

Payton, Philip

Payton, Philip, Prof.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Busby, Graham

Chapman, Terry

Davey, Merv

Deacon, Bernard

Goodman, Gemma

Laviolette, Patrick

Lewis, Jim

Payton, Philip, Prof.

Perry, Ronald

Spriggs, Matthew

Thurlow, Charles

Williams, Nicholas, Dr.

Wood, Briar

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Cornish or Klingon? The Standardization of the Cornish Language, Bernard Deacon

2. I-Affection in Breton and Cornish Nicholas, J.A. Williams

3. Additional Thoughts on the Medieval 'Cornish Bible', Matthew Spriggs

4. Who was the Duchess of Cornwall in Nicholas Boson's (c. 1660-70) 'The Duchesse of Cornwall's Progresse to see the Land's End.'?, Matthew Spriggs

5. The Literary Anthropology of Mrs Havelock Ellis: An Exploration of the Insider and Outsider Categories, Gemma Goodman

6. 'The Words Are There Before Us': A Reading of Twentieth-century Anglo-Cornish Poems Written by Women, Briar Wood

7. Narratives in the Net: Fiction and Cornish Tourism, Graham Busby and Patrick Laviolette

8. Cornish Copper Mining 1795-1830: Economy, Structure and Change, Jim Lewis

9. The 1913 China Clay Dispute: 'One and All' or 'One-That's All'?, Ronald Perry and Charles Thurlow

10. Nationalized Cornwall, Terry Chapman

11. 'Guizing': Ancient Traditions and Modern Sensitivities, Merv Davey

Über Autor(innen)

Payton, Philip, Prof.
Philip Payton is Emeritus Professor in the University of Exeter and Professor of History at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, and is the former Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies in the University of Exeter. He edited Cornish Studies, published annually from 1993-2013, the only series of publications that seeks to investigate and understand the complex nature of Cornish identity, as well as to discuss its implications for society and governance in contemporary Cornwall.

He has written extensively on Cornish topics, and recent books include A.L. Rowse and Cornwall: A Paradoxical Patriot (2005), Making Moonta: The Invention of Australia’s Little Cornwall (2007), John Betjeman and Cornwall: ‘The Celebrated Cornish Nationalist’ (2010), and (edited with Alston Kennerley and Helen Doe), The Maritime History of Cornwall (2014). He has recently been awarded South Australian Historian of the Year 2017 by the History Council of South Australia.

Payton, Philip, Prof.
Philip Payton is Emeritus Professor in the University of Exeter and Professor of History at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, and is the former Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies in the University of Exeter. He edited Cornish Studies, published annually from 1993-2013, the only series of publications that seeks to investigate and understand the complex nature of Cornish identity, as well as to discuss its implications for society and governance in contemporary Cornwall.

He has written extensively on Cornish topics, and recent books include A.L. Rowse and Cornwall: A Paradoxical Patriot (2005), Making Moonta: The Invention of Australia’s Little Cornwall (2007), John Betjeman and Cornwall: ‘The Celebrated Cornish Nationalist’ (2010), and (edited with Alston Kennerley and Helen Doe), The Maritime History of Cornwall (2014). He has recently been awarded South Australian Historian of the Year 2017 by the History Council of South Australia.

Goodman, Gemma
Gemma Goodman holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of Warwick. She returned home to Cornwall in 2016 from where she continues her research on literature of Cornwall, whil e working as a researcher on academic projects and as a project manager for cultural and heritage projects

Philip Payton is Professor of Cornish and Australian Studies in the University of Exeter and Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University’s Cornwall campus. He is also the author of A.L. Rowse in Cornwall: A Paradoxical Patriot and numerous other books on Cornwall and the Cornish.