Bücher online kaufen
A Tour in Ireland in 1775
Besorgungstitel - wird vorgemerkt | Lieferzeit: Besorgungstitel - Lieferbar innerhalb von 10 Werktagen I
Artikel-Nr:
9781904558903
Veröffentl:
2008
Erscheinungsdatum:
14.02.2008
Seiten:
198
Autor:
Richard Twiss
Gewicht:
188 g
Format:
186x119x15 mm
Sprache:
Deutsch
Beschreibung:
Richard Twiss (1747-1821) was born in Rotterdam, the son of a wealthy English merchant. Twiss had Irish connections, being descended from another Richard Twiss, agent to Herbert, Earl of Powis, at Castleisland, County Kerry. He became a travel writer. Rachel Finnegan is Lecturer in Tourism & Heritage Studies in the School of Humanities, Waterford Institute of Technology.
Richard Twiss's A Tour in Ireland in 1775 was one of the most controversial books of its period. It was based on his experiences of a five-month stay in the country. It enraged the Irish public through its unflattering representation of Ireland and its inhabitants. Since its publication it has been widely quoted as a contemporary source for Irish life, though generally cited in a negative context. Although a best-seller in its day it has not been reprinted since. This new edition includes the full collection of poems written in opposition to the book, together with contemporary illustrations of the sites and views visited by Twiss during his tour.
Introduction by Rachel Finnegan; A TOUR IN IRELAND IN 1775; Appendix 1: The Missing Pages; Appendix 2: Related Poetical Works: An Heroic Epistle from Donna Teresa Pinna Y Ruiz by William Preston (Dublin, 1776); An Heroic Answer from Richard Twiss, Esq, F.R.S. at Rotterdam, to Donna Teresa Pinna Y Ruiz of Murci by William Preston (Dublin, 1776); An Answer to a Poetical Epistle from Madam Teresa Pinna by Richard Twiss Esq, F.R.S., with Notes by Various Hands by Leonard MacNally (Dublin, 1776); A Defence of Ireland: A Poem in Answer to the Partial and Malicious Accounts given of it by Mr Twiss and Other Writers by Richard Lewis, Corrector of the Press (Dublin, 1776).