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245 10 a| Hy Brasil: the metamorphosis of an islandh| [electronic resource] :b| from cartographic error to Celtic Elysium /c| Barbara Freitag.;

260 a| Amsterdam ;a| New York, NY :b| Rodopi,;

300 a| xii, 343 pages, [6] pages of plates :b| color illustrations, color maps ;c| 22 cm.;

490 0 a| Textxet : studies in comparative literature,x| 0927-5754 ;v| 69;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-328) and index.;

505 0 a| Acknowledgements -- List of images -- Preface -- Mediterranean mapping and naming -- The Bristol voyages and King Arthur on Brasil Island -- Oral lore -- Gaelic otherworlds -- Clerical sea voyages and St. Brendan's visit to Brasil Island -- Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English travellers' tales -- An aborted Irsh attempt to write about the island -- The vision of Ulster: Brasil Island and national identity -- "Hy Brasil: paradise of the pagan Irish" in modern literature and the arts -- From high art to popular culture: Hy Brasil's broad appeal -- Conclusion -- Appendix.;

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520 3 a| "Brasil Island, better known as Hy Brasil, is a phantom island. In the fourteenth century Mediterranean mapmakers marked it on nautical charts to the west of Ireland, and its continued presence on maps over the next six hundred years inspired enterprising seafarers to sail across the Atlantic in search of it. Writers, too, fell for its lure. While English writers envisioned the island as a place of commercial and colonial interest, artists and poets in Ireland fashioned it into a fairyland of Celtic lore. This pioneering study first traces the cartographic history of Brasil Island and examines its impact on English maritime exploration and literature. It investigates the Gaelicization process that the island underwent in nineteenth century and how it became associated with St Brendan. Finally, it pursues the Brasil Island trope in modern literature, the arts and popular culture."--Back cover.;

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Hy Brasil: the metamorphosis of an island from cartographic error to Celtic Elysium / Barbara Freitag.

Author/creator	Freitag, Barbara
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi,
Description	xii, 343 pages, [6] pages of plates : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Geographical myths.

Series	Textxet : studies in comparative literature, 0927-5754 ; 69
Contents	Acknowledgements -- List of images -- Preface -- Mediterranean mapping and naming -- The Bristol voyages and King Arthur on Brasil Island -- Oral lore -- Gaelic otherworlds -- Clerical sea voyages and St. Brendan's visit to Brasil Island -- Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English travellers' tales -- An aborted Irsh attempt to write about the island -- The vision of Ulster: Brasil Island and national identity -- "Hy Brasil: paradise of the pagan Irish" in modern literature and the arts -- From high art to popular culture: Hy Brasil's broad appeal -- Conclusion -- Appendix.
Summary	"Brasil Island, better known as Hy Brasil, is a phantom island. In the fourteenth century Mediterranean mapmakers marked it on nautical charts to the west of Ireland, and its continued presence on maps over the next six hundred years inspired enterprising seafarers to sail across the Atlantic in search of it. Writers, too, fell for its lure. While English writers envisioned the island as a place of commercial and colonial interest, artists and poets in Ireland fashioned it into a fairyland of Celtic lore. This pioneering study first traces the cartographic history of Brasil Island and examines its impact on English maritime exploration and literature. It investigates the Gaelicization process that the island underwent in nineteenth century and how it became associated with St Brendan. Finally, it pursues the Brasil Island trope in modern literature, the arts and popular culture."--Back cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-328) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2015430518
ISBN	9789042036413 (pbk.)
ISBN	9042036419 (pbk.)

Hy Brasil: the metamorphosis of an island from cartographic error to Celtic Elysium / Barbara Freitag.

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