Severed head and the grafted tongue, the: literature, translation and violence in early modern ireland
Auteur :
Palmer, Patricia
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107041844
Date de publication :
11 nov. 2013
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,7 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
430 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.