Idea of a Nation

by Clery, Arthur

• ISBN13: 9781900621809
• ISBN10: 1900621800
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-01-10
• Publisher: Univ College Dublin Pr

Summary

Arthur Clery (1879-1932), a college contemporary and debating opponent of James Joyce, is an unusual figure in Irish history-a supporter of the anti-Treaty cause yet an advocate of the partition of Ireland. He was an outspoken supporter of women's su

Table of Contents

Introduction
Preface by Arthur Clery to the original 1907 edition
On Tram-Car's Top	p. 1
Nationhood and Politics	p. 4
The Theory of Nationhood	p. 8
Looking Beyond England	p. 13
After the Abbey is Over	p. 17
Art and Nationality	p. 19
The Revival of the English Language	p. 23
The Commercial Value of Patriotism	p. 25
Going to Trinity	p. 29
Nationality and Music	p. 33
Nationality and Culture	p. 37
Gaelicophile Poetry and Two New Poets	p. 40
Nationality and Amusements	p. 43
The Philosophy of an Irish Theatre	p. 48
Silly People and the Irish Movement	p. 51
A Tea-Shop Idyll	p. 55
Respectability and Nationality	p. 57
Of Sourness	p. 61
The Island of Protestants	p. 62
The Partition of Ulster	p. 65
Free Ulster and Federated Ireland	p. 70
Cosmopolitanism and Nationality	p. 74
Joy of Gold and of Silver	p. 79
Pearse and Pontius	p. 84
The Outlanders of Ulster	p. 86
Armagh Virumque	p. 96
Corkery's Synge	p. 98
Dog-Collars and Conventions	p. 102
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