Cornish Studies Volume 4

Contributions by Bernard Deacon, Amy Hale, Neil Kennedy, Alan M. Kent, Brian Murdoch, Prof. Philip Payton, Glanville Price, Rod Sheaff, Prof. Mark Stoyle, Paul Thornton, Dr. Nicholas Williams Edited by Prof. Philip Payton

Publication date:

01 October 1996

Length of book:

196 pages

Publisher

University of Exeter Press

Dimensions:

229x150mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780859895231

The fourth volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation.

1. Introduction

2. 'Art Thou of Cornish Crew?': Shakespeare, Henry V and Cornish Identity, Alan M. Kent

3. 'Sir Richard Grenville's Creatures': The New Cornish Tertia, 1644-46, Mark Stoyle

4. Is John of Chyanhor Really a 'Cornish Ruodlieb'?, Brian Murdoch

5. 'Linguistically Sound Principles': the Case Against Kernewek Kemmyn, N.J.A. Williams

6. Language Revival and Language Debate: Modernity and Postmodernity, Bernard Deacon

7. 'Reforming Thirties' and 'Hungry Forties': The Genesis of Cornwall's Emigration Trade, Philip Payton

8. A Century of Centralization: Cornish Health and Healthcare, Rod Sheaff

Research Notes

9. Negative Particles in Cornish, Glanville Price

10. Second Homes in Cornwall, Paul Thornton

Review Articles

11. Foot in the Mouth, or Foot in the Door? Evaluating Chapman's The Celts., Amy Hale

12. Cornish Today: A Modern Cornish Perspective, Neil Kennedy

13. Book Reviews

Notes on Contributors

'Most articles emphasize Cornish 'difference', and place it in a wider context of European cultural and territorial diversity.' (Southern History, Vol. 18, 1997)