Celts, Romans, Britons Classical and Celtic Influence in the Construction of British Identities

by Kaminski-Jones, Francesca; Kaminski-Jones, Rhys

• ISBN13: 9780198863076
• ISBN10: 0198863071
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2020-11-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Francesca Kaminski-Jones, Doctoral Candidate, Royal Holloway University of London,Rhys Kaminski-Jones, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies

Francesca Kaminski-Jones studied for a BA in Classics and English at Oxford, followed by an MA in Classics at UCL and (currently ongoing) a Classics PhD at RHUL, under the supervision of Dr Nick Lowe. Her research interests include simile theory, classical reception (especially modern receptions of Homer), and women's participation in the classics. Since November 2019 she has been the assistant coordinator of the London Hellenic Prize, which awards an annual prize of ?10,000 to the best original work in the English language inspired by Hellenic civilization.

Rhys Kaminski-Jones's work focuses on connections between Welsh, English, and other Celtic literatures during the eighteenth century and the Romantic era, and on building links between Celtic Studies and other academic disciplines. Having studied for a BA in English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford, and an MA in Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York, Rhys joined the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies as a doctoral student in 2012, researching the cultural significance of the Ancient Britons during the long eighteenth century.

Table of Contents

1. Celts, Romans, Britons: Introduction, Rhys Kaminski-Jones and Francesca Kaminski-Jones
2. British Ethnogenesis: A Late Antique Story
3. Romans, Britons, and the Construction of 'Anglo-Saxon' Identity, Michael D.J. Bintley
4. Origins and Introductions: Troy and Rome in Medieval British and Irish Writing, Helen Fulton
5. The Politics of British Antiquity and the Descent from Troy in the Early Stuart Era, Philip Schwyzer
6. Greek Gaels, British Gaels: Classical allusion in early-modern Scottish Gaelic poetry, M. P?a Coira
7. Celts and Romans on tour: Visions of early Britain in eighteenth-century travel literature, Mary-Ann Constantine
8. British Imperialist and/or Avatar of Welshness?: Caractacus Performances in the Long Nineteenth Century, Edith Hall
9. Moderns of the past, moderns of the future: George Sigerson's Celtic-Romans in Ireland, 1897-1922, Arabella Currie
10. Alternative Histories: Crypto-Celts and Crypto-Romans in the Legendarium of J.R.R. Tolkien, Philip Burton
11. Hadrian's Wall: An allegory for British disunity, Richard Hingley
Appendix
Bibliography
Index