Annotated Bibliography
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Annotated Bibliography
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Love, Timothy M."Gender and the Nationalistic Ballad: Thomas Davis, Thomas Moore, and Their Songs." New Hibernia Review, vol. 21 no. 1, 2017, pp. 68-85. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/nhr.2017.0005
Timothy Love analyzes the different styles and personalities of two nationalistic ballad composers, Thomas Davis and Thomas Moore. He focuses specifically on the way each artist portrayed the nation of Ireland, explaining that Moore’s image of Ireland possessed more feminine qualities, while Davis’s image of Ireland was one of resilience and masculinity. He provides examples of how Davis and other nationalists critiqued Moore’s ballads for being “too delicate and subtle” at a time when Ireland was seeking to proudly declare itself independent from England. This essay is useful as it offers insight into the role that gender plays in creating nationhood, and also demonstrates how his contemporaries and later generations received Moore’s works.
Nolan, J.C.M."In Search of an Ireland in the Orient: Tom Moore's Lalla Rookh." New Hibernia Review, vol. 12 no. 3, 2008, pp. 80-98. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/nhr.0.0020
Nolan argues that Thomas Moore looked to the Orient nations for inspiration as he sought out to represent the Irish national story. He specifically builds his argument on Moore’s Lalla Rookh, a poem long enough to be a book, and on Moore’s relationship to Lord Byron, who also wrote an Oriental poem. This relationship between Moore and Byron is especially interesting as Byron, an Englishman, seems to have been assisting Moore in his fight to establish Irish national identity. According to Moore, Byron faced backlash from his decision to support Moore’s efforts and later on, this relationship grew troubled as Moore feared Byron was going to overstep his boundaries and use Moore’s ideas for his own creative work. Nolan’s portrayal of the relationship between Moore and Byron is important for understating the historical significance of Moore’s work.
Timothy Love analyzes the different styles and personalities of two nationalistic ballad composers, Thomas Davis and Thomas Moore. He focuses specifically on the way each artist portrayed the nation of Ireland, explaining that Moore’s image of Ireland possessed more feminine qualities, while Davis’s image of Ireland was one of resilience and masculinity. He provides examples of how Davis and other nationalists critiqued Moore’s ballads for being “too delicate and subtle” at a time when Ireland was seeking to proudly declare itself independent from England. This essay is useful as it offers insight into the role that gender plays in creating nationhood, and also demonstrates how his contemporaries and later generations received Moore’s works.
Nolan, J.C.M."In Search of an Ireland in the Orient: Tom Moore's Lalla Rookh." New Hibernia Review, vol. 12 no. 3, 2008, pp. 80-98. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/nhr.0.0020
Nolan argues that Thomas Moore looked to the Orient nations for inspiration as he sought out to represent the Irish national story. He specifically builds his argument on Moore’s Lalla Rookh, a poem long enough to be a book, and on Moore’s relationship to Lord Byron, who also wrote an Oriental poem. This relationship between Moore and Byron is especially interesting as Byron, an Englishman, seems to have been assisting Moore in his fight to establish Irish national identity. According to Moore, Byron faced backlash from his decision to support Moore’s efforts and later on, this relationship grew troubled as Moore feared Byron was going to overstep his boundaries and use Moore’s ideas for his own creative work. Nolan’s portrayal of the relationship between Moore and Byron is important for understating the historical significance of Moore’s work.
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Olivia Crowley
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Olivia Crowley, “Annotated Bibliography,” Manhattan College Omeka , accessed November 10, 2024, https://omeka-pilot.manhattan.edu/items/show/121.