The Primitive Image: Tradition, Modernity and Cinematic Ireland

Martin McLoone

The Primitive Image: Tradition, Modernity and Cinematic Ireland

Martin McLoone

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Abstract

This article considers the dominant image of Ireland in cinematic images from British and American cinema and argues that the recurring theme is the relative primitiveness of Ireland, reflecting a romantic sensibility about the relationship between tradition and modernity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Returning to Ourselves: Second volume of papers from the John Hewitt Summer School
Editors	Eve Patton
Publisher	Lagan Press
Pages	310-324
ISBN (Print)	1-873687-56-7
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 1995

Keywords

Romanticism
landscape
primitivism
Ireland
cinema

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