Power of Language

I found the emphasis on the importance of language in tradition, and ultimately culture, in the “Cultural Nationalism” reading by … More

Myths and Memorials

Pictured Above: Oliver Sheppard’s “The Dying Cúchulain” (1911), given official placement in Dublin’s General Post Office, 1935. In the “Cultural … More

Dracula and The Irish Literary Revival

Brown’s “Cultural Nationalism” traces the forces that shaped Ireland’s cultural and literary atmospheres during the late 19th and early 20th … More

Influence of Literature and Language on Cultural Nationalism in Present Day

While reading Brown’s Cultural Nationalism, one idea that particularly stood out to me was their emphasis on nationalistic literature and … More

West and East // Familiar and Strange

From the moment I began reading Terrence Brown’s “Cultural Nationalism,” I immediately made connections to Dracula. Brown’s text dives deep … More