Cultures of Radicalism in Britain and Ireland - 9781848933446

Taylor & Francis

This collection of essays addresses the role of literature in radical politics. Topics covered include the legacy of Robert Burns, broadside literature in Munster and radical literature in Wales. > This collection of essays addresses the role of literature in radical politics. Topics covered include the legacy of Robert Burns, broadside literature in Munster and radical literature in Wales. > Introduction: Enlightenment and Revolution: A British Problematic, Michael Brown; Chapter 1, Ffion Mair Jones; Chapter 2 Scottophobia Versus Jacobitism: Political Radicalism and the Press in Late Eighteenth-Century Ireland, Martyn J. Powell; Chapter 3 Lord Daer, Radicalism, Union and the Enlightenment in the 1790s, Bob Harris; Chapter 4 The Political and Cultural Legacy of Robert Burns in Scotland and Ulster, c. 1796\u20131859, Christopher A. Whatley; Chapter 5 \u2018Bless\u00E8d Jubil!\u2019: Slavery, Mission and the Millennial Dawn in the Work of William Williams of Pantycelyn, E. Wyn Jao