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The Minority Voice: Hubert Butler and Southern Irish Protestantism, 1900-1991
Robert Tobin
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Description for The Minority Voice: Hubert Butler and Southern Irish Protestantism, 1900-1991
Hardback. The first full-length study of essayist and controversialist Hubert Butler offers a comprehensive account of a literary and social figure whose importance in twentieth-century Irish culture is increasingly recognised. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HRAX; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554. Copy in fine dust wrapper. Newspaper review pasted to inside front cover and some minimal pen scoring. Remains a good copy
'How do such people, with brilliant members and dull ones, fare when they pass from being a dominant minority to being a powerless one?' So asked the Kilkenny man-of-letters Hubert Butler (1900-1991) when considering the fate of Southern Protestants after Irish Independence. As both a product and critic of this culture, Butler posed the question repeatedly, refusing to accept as inevitable the marginalization of his community within the newly established state. Inspired by the example of the Revivalist generation, he challenged his compatriots to approach modern Irish identity in terms complementary rather than exclusivist. In the process of doing so, ... Read more
'How do such people, with brilliant members and dull ones, fare when they pass from being a dominant minority to being a powerless one?' So asked the Kilkenny man-of-letters Hubert Butler (1900-1991) when considering the fate of Southern Protestants after Irish Independence. As both a product and critic of this culture, Butler posed the question repeatedly, refusing to accept as inevitable the marginalization of his community within the newly established state. Inspired by the example of the Revivalist generation, he challenged his compatriots to approach modern Irish identity in terms complementary rather than exclusivist. In the process of doing so, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Good
Series
Oxford Historical Monographs
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199641567
SKU
KMK0013129
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About Robert Tobin
Robert Tobin was raised in Boston and Texas and took his first degree from Harvard. A Fulbright Scholar, he also holds degrees from Trinity College Dublin, Oxford, and Cambridge. He is an ordained priest in the Church of England, having served as a curate in Buckinghamshire and as the Episcopal/Anglican Chaplain at Harvard before taking up his present post as ... Read more
Reviews for The Minority Voice: Hubert Butler and Southern Irish Protestantism, 1900-1991
[a] wide-ranging and complex study by Robert Tobin.
Ian d'Alton, Irish Catholic
monumental style ... impressive academic rigour. His work is full of references which, in themselves, indicate the depth and breadth of the author's research.
Church of Ireland Gazette
Robert Tobin's study of Butler is masterly ... Tobin mixes familiarity with objectivity, scrupulous scholarship, and ... Read more
Ian d'Alton, Irish Catholic
monumental style ... impressive academic rigour. His work is full of references which, in themselves, indicate the depth and breadth of the author's research.
Church of Ireland Gazette
Robert Tobin's study of Butler is masterly ... Tobin mixes familiarity with objectivity, scrupulous scholarship, and ... Read more