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All Dressed Up: Modern Irish Historical Pageantry by Joan FitzPatrick Dean (review)

All Dressed Up: Modern Irish Historical Pageantry by Joan FitzPatrick Dean (review) All Dressed Up: Modern Irish Historical Pageantry, by Joan FitzPatrick Dean, pp. 344. Syracuse University Press, 2014. $39.95. A vogue for historical pageantry swept Europe and North America at the beginning of the twentieth century, and its impact was felt in Ireland. Throughout the late nineteenth century and the entire twentieth century, Irish historical pageantry recycled vernacular culture (ballads, poems, speeches, tableaux, songs, stories) and iconic images as it seized upon a fragmentary understanding of the past. Historical pageants--including those sponsored by the lord lieutenant, as well as such voluntary groups such as Conradh an Gaeilge, the GAA, Catholic and Protestant organizations, and suffragette clusters--played to and gratified the audience's horizon of expectations. As a rule, pageant makers crafted narratives based on an understanding already embraced and endorsed by their audience to address specific moments in a highly contested Irish history. Their public appeal and success alone merit scholarly attention. More important, these pageants and the role they play in Irish theatrical history are a vital element in understanding the broader history of theater in Ireland. All Dressed Up, the latest monograph from Joan FitzPatrick Dean, is the first critical study of pageantry in Ireland. It traces the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Hibernia Review Center for Irish Studies at the University of St. Thomas

All Dressed Up: Modern Irish Historical Pageantry by Joan FitzPatrick Dean (review)

New Hibernia Review , Volume 20 (2) – Jul 29, 2016

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Center for Irish Studies at the University of St. Thomas
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All Dressed Up: Modern Irish Historical Pageantry, by Joan FitzPatrick Dean, pp. 344. Syracuse University Press, 2014. $39.95. A vogue for historical pageantry swept Europe and North America at the beginning of the twentieth century, and its impact was felt in Ireland. Throughout the late nineteenth century and the entire twentieth century, Irish historical pageantry recycled vernacular culture (ballads, poems, speeches, tableaux, songs, stories) and iconic images as it seized upon a fragmentary understanding of the past. Historical pageants--including those sponsored by the lord lieutenant, as well as such voluntary groups such as Conradh an Gaeilge, the GAA, Catholic and Protestant organizations, and suffragette clusters--played to and gratified the audience's horizon of expectations. As a rule, pageant makers crafted narratives based on an understanding already embraced and endorsed by their audience to address specific moments in a highly contested Irish history. Their public appeal and success alone merit scholarly attention. More important, these pageants and the role they play in Irish theatrical history are a vital element in understanding the broader history of theater in Ireland. All Dressed Up, the latest monograph from Joan FitzPatrick Dean, is the first critical study of pageantry in Ireland. It traces the

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Published: Jul 29, 2016

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