Cornish Studies - Couverture souple

 
9780859898669: Cornish Studies

Synopsis

The latest volume in this internationally acclaimed paperback series, Cornish Studies: Nineteen examines the Duchy of Cornwall in the medieval period and discusses the Cornish language (including its significance as an icon of contemporary Cornish identity), as well as critically evaluating the early Cornish-language revivalists and analysing the experiences of Cornish women in Cornwall's nineteenth-century 'Great Emigration'. There is also a review of recent books on Californian mining towns in the 1930s and the 'Anglican imagination' of John Betjeman.

Contributions by: Stuart Dunmore, David Everett, Jonathan Howlett, Sharon Lowenna, Carl Phillips, R.E. Stansfield, Lesley Trotter, Charlotte White, Nicholas Williams & Derek R. Williams.

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À propos de l?auteur

Philip Payton is Professor of Cornish & Australian Studies at the University of Exeter and Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University s Cornwall Campus. Among his books published by University of Exeter Press are A.L. Rowse and Cornwall: A Paradoxical Patriot (2005, paperback 2007), Making Moonta: The Invention of Australia s Little Cornwall (2007), John Betjeman and Cornwall: The Celebrated Cornish Nationalist (2010), and the forthcoming Regional Australia and the Great War: The Boys from Old Kio .

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