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  • Chapter 1 - Gaelic Literature in Transition, 1780–1830

  • from Part I - Origins
  • Edited by Claire Connolly, University College Cork
  • Book:
    Irish Literature in Transition, 1780–1830
    Published online:
    28 February 2020
    Print publication:
    12 March 2020, pp 37-51

  • Summary

    This chapter examines the extent to which the Gaelic literary tradition was in a state of transition during the period 1780–1830. It discusses the growing influence of the English language and contemporary English literature on the Gaelic tradition that led to new innovations in genre and style. In addition, contact with English influenced the manner in which creative material in the Irish language was treated. The confluence of languages also had implications for the orthographic system employed in manuscripts and methods of transmission, both manuscript and printed. A growing interest in Irish-language literature, manuscripts, and historical sources among non-native scholars drawn from the Anglo-Irish Protestant elite led to the preservation of much Gaelic material in English translation. These translations served another important purpose, however, as they provided new source material that would be drawn upon for inspiration by Anglo-Irish writers later in the nineteenth century.