The Wearing Of The Green: The Lore, Literature, Legend And Balladry Of The Irish In Australia
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Few cultural transplantations have proven as resilient and richly textured as the Irish presence in Australia, and The Wearing of the Green stands as a definitive testament to that enduring legacy. Edited by Bill Wannan, this remarkable anthology gathers the lore, literature, legend, and balladry of the Irish diaspora in Australia, chronicling the wit, sorrow, defiance, and exuberance of a people who shaped a continent far from their emerald homeland. From rousing bush ballads to poignant folk tales, the collection presents a vivid mosaic of voices that stretches across generations of Irish-Australian life, capturing the larrikin spirit and the bittersweet ache of exile in equal measure. Wannan, one of Australia's most celebrated folklorists, brings a scholar's rigour and a storyteller's warmth to this curated treasury, illustrating how Irish cultural identity — its songs, its humour, its defiant mythology — became woven into the very fabric of Australian national character. The collection argues, compellingly, that to understand Australia is to understand Ireland's profound imprint upon it. Whether the reader arrives as a lover of folklore, a student of colonial history, or simply someone drawn to the music of a well-told tale, The Wearing of the Green promises to leave them wondering just how deeply the roots of the shamrock truly run.
Author: Bill Wannan
Format: Hardback
Published: 1966, Lansdowne Press
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Few cultural transplantations have proven as resilient and richly textured as the Irish presence in Australia, and The Wearing of the Green stands as a definitive testament to that enduring legacy. Edited by Bill Wannan, this remarkable anthology gathers the lore, literature, legend, and balladry of the Irish diaspora in Australia, chronicling the wit, sorrow, defiance, and exuberance of a people who shaped a continent far from their emerald homeland. From rousing bush ballads to poignant folk tales, the collection presents a vivid mosaic of voices that stretches across generations of Irish-Australian life, capturing the larrikin spirit and the bittersweet ache of exile in equal measure. Wannan, one of Australia's most celebrated folklorists, brings a scholar's rigour and a storyteller's warmth to this curated treasury, illustrating how Irish cultural identity — its songs, its humour, its defiant mythology — became woven into the very fabric of Australian national character. The collection argues, compellingly, that to understand Australia is to understand Ireland's profound imprint upon it. Whether the reader arrives as a lover of folklore, a student of colonial history, or simply someone drawn to the music of a well-told tale, The Wearing of the Green promises to leave them wondering just how deeply the roots of the shamrock truly run.