John Derricke's Image of Irelande, with a Discoverie of Woodkarne is a key work of English print-making, Irish and English history and cultural misunderstanding. The work attests to the complexity of English and Irish relations, colonisation, military history, imperial propaganda, poetry, art, printing and the forging of identity in the early modern British Isles. The original work comprises of a lengthy poetic narrative and twelve famous woodcuts of the highest quality produced in sixteenth-century England. They also represent some of the only contemporary views of early modern Ireland on record. The sixteen interdisciplinary essays in this collection focus on the text's political and historical meaning, print history, iconographic elements, paratexts, literary and artistic influences, and cultural archaeology. The collection will appeal to scholars of many disciplines.

About the Author

Thomas Herron is Professor of English at East Carolina University

Denna Iammarino is a Lecturer at the Case Western Reserve University

Maryclaire Moroney is Professor in English at the John Carroll University

Book Information
ISBN 9781526147592
Author Professor Thomas Herron
Format Hardback
Page Count 304
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 170mm * 25mm