Advent of the Everyday Cathleen: Katharine Tynan and Motifs of Irish Identity 1911-1921

Katharine Tynan (1859-1931), an esteemed author in the forefront of the Irish Literary Revival, frequented the social, political, and artistic circles of colleagues such as W.B. Yeats and George Russell (AE); alongside her male counterparts, she fostered friendships and collaborated in reciprocal mentorships that cultivated and promoted a renewed Irish identity in contrast to England’s anglicization of Irish culture, attempting through literature to instill a sense of political, national and cultural pride in Ireland’s people. However, in the 1890s, Tynan moved to England and spent eighteen years of her career there before returning home, during which time she became disconnected from the politics of a changing Ireland, resulting in confusion and disillusionment upon her return. This research will contextualize Tynan’s unique and important literary contributions during the revolutionary decade in Ireland (1911- 1921), one in which she appears politically ambiguous and at times contradictory. Tynan’s poems and novels are infused with themes of Irish identity revealed through storytelling, superstition, religion, motherhood, spirit and landscape, and female personifications of Ireland, including her creation of an ‘everyday’ Cathleen Ni Houlihan.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

ma

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

masters

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Year dc:date.issued

2023

Author dc:creator

• Hedberg, Kristen

• D Hanes (Cyffredinol)
• D501 Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf
• DA Prydain Fawr
• HQ Y teulu. Priodas. Benyw.
• P Ieitheg. Ieithyddiaeth
• PE Saesneg
• PR Llenyddiaeth Saesneg

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UWTSD

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oai:repository.uwtsd.ac.uk:2631