Public Intellectuals, Language and Cultural Nationalism in Ireland and Wales: Douglas Hyde and Saunders Lewis

Paul Brendan O'Leary

doi:10.1080/09670880802658109

Public Intellectuals, Language and Cultural Nationalism in Ireland and Wales: Douglas Hyde and Saunders Lewis

Paul Brendan O'Leary

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This journal article offers a new comparative approach to the study of two public intellectuals in Ireland and Wales who are usually viewed in isolation and without reference to one another. By using a diachronic comparison it is argued that the broader comparison of Ireland and Wales in the modern period can be conceived in new ways. In this sense it is a specific case study that illuminates a broader methodological point relating to the comparison of the two countries; this kind of diachronic analysis has not been attempted before and so it is an original piece of work that provides a template for others.

Iaith wreiddiol	Saesneg
Tudalennau (o-i)	5-18
Nifer y tudalennau	14
Cyfnodolyn	Irish Studies Review
Cyfrol	17
Rhif cyhoeddi	1
Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs)	https://doi.org/10.1080/09670880802658109
Statws	Cyhoeddwyd - 16 Chwef 2009

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