'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream The Image of Ireland and the Irish in American Popular Song Lyrics, 1800-1920

Name: 'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream The Image of Ireland and the Irish in American Popular Song Lyrics, 1800-1920
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ISBN: 9780252065514

ISBN-10: 0252065514

ISBN-13: 9780252065514

Edition: 1996

Authors: William H. Williams

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Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 9/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The Romantic Image: Emigration from Ireland



Dear Harp of My Country: The Irish Origins



Romantic Irish Popular Songs in Antebellum America



The Comic Image: The Irish Peasant in America



From Teague to Paddy: the Evolution of the Stage Irishman



Ethnicity and Parlor Songs: Paddy Compared



The Image in Post--Civil War Popular Theater: The Irish in Urban America



"To the Land We Left and to the Land We Live In,"



The Irish and Vaudeville



The Irish American in Post--Civil War Song



The Theater and Songs of Edward Harrigan



The Image on Tin Pan Alley: The Post-Famine Immigration



Paddy on the Alley



Irish America in Search of an Image



All That I Want Is in Ireland


Conclusion


Notes


Works Cited


Index