Making the Grand Figure: Lives and Possessions in Ireland 1641-1770 - Hardcover

Barnard, Toby

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300103093 ISBN 13: 9780300103090

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2004

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In this study of the material culture of Stuart nd Hanoverian Ireland, Toby Barnard reveals hitherto unsuspected richness and diversity of lifestyle, habitat and mentality. Like its much-praised predecessor, A New Anatomy of Ireland, it abounds with quirky people and vivid scenes, and amounts to a reappraisal of Ireland under the Protestant Ascendancy. The compass of the book is wide, from the governing elite of Dublin Castle to the varied metropolis of Dublin itself, and to provincial towns and the countryside beyond. Looking yet further, it follows the Irish overseas to Britain and to the continent of Europe. What emerges is a world more crowded with stylish buildings, gardens, pictures and belongings than has often been imagined. Through such everyday articles as linen shirts, wigs, silver teaspoons, pottery plates and engravings, Barnard evokes a striking variety of lives and attitudes. Possessions, he shows, even horses and dogs, highlighted and widened divisions, not only between rich and poor, women and men, but also between Irish Catholics and the Protestant settlers. Displaying fresh evidence and unexpected perspectives, the book throws new light on Ireland during a formative period. Its discoveries, set within the context of the 'consumer revolution' gripping Europe and North America, allow Ireland for the first time to be integrated into discussions of the pleasures and pains of consumerism. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 497 pages; Physical desc.: xxii, 497 p. ; ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Subjects: Collectors and collecting --Ireland --History --17th century --18th century --Material culture --Soccial life and customs.

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"This is the most exhaustive analysis of the phenomenon that was Ascendancy Ireland that is possible ... all will be permanently indebted to the comprehensiveness and detail of this major contribution."-Michael McCarthy, Irish Arts Review "Toby Barnard has ... made a heroic contribution to our understanding of the early modern material environment."-John Brewer, The Times Literary Supplement

Reseña del editor:

This pioneering study of the material culture of Stuart and Hanoverian Ireland reveals unsuspected richness and diversity of lifestyle, habitat, and mentality. Like its highly praised predecessor, A New Anatomy of Ireland, it abounds with quirky people and vivid scenes and is a striking reappraisal of Ireland under the Protestant Ascendancy. The book ranges from the governing elite of Dublin Castle to Dublin itself, to provincial towns and the countryside beyond, and even to the Irish in Britain and Europe. Toby Barnard describes varied buildings, gardens, pictures, and belongings, showing how possessions highlighted and widened divisions between rich and poor, women and men, Irish Catholics and Protestant settlers. The book allows Ireland for the first time to be integrated into discussions of the pleasures and pains of consumerism.

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• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0300103093
• ISBN 13: 9780300103090
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 520