The harp and the constitution : : myths of Celtic and Gothic origin / / edited by Joanne Parker.

• Superior document: National cultivation of culture, volume 11
• TeilnehmendeR: Parker, Joanne, 1974-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: National cultivation of culture ; v. 11.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-249) and index.
• ISBN: 9004306382
• ISSN: 1876-5645
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Joanne Parker.

"Celtic and Gothic : both words refer today to both ancient tribes and modern styles. 'Celtic' is associated with harp music, native knitwear, and spirituality; 'Gothic' with medieval cathedrals, rock bands, and horror fiction. The eleven essays collected together here chart some of the curious and unexpected ways in which the Celts and the Goths were appropriated and reinvented in Britain and other European countries through the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries--becoming not just mythologised races, but lending their names to abstract principles and entire value systems. Contributed by experts in literature, archaeology, history, and Celtic studies, the essays range from broad surveys to specific case-studies, and together demonstrate the complicated interplay that has always existed between 'Celticism' and 'Gothicism'. Contributors are: John Collis, Robert DeMaria, Tom Duggett, Tim Fulford, Nick Groom, Amy Hale, Ronald Hutton, Joep Leerssen, Dafydd Moore, Joanne Parker, Juan Zarandona"--Provided by publisher.