Constructing the Irish in Central Europe: German Travel Narratives and Czech Political Emancipation in the Mid-nineteenth Century

Abstract

An analysis of the construction of the Irish and the Celts by Karel Havlíček Borovský and Jakob Venedey in the context of nineteenth-century cultural stereotypes. (An extended version of the 2014 article "Politika charakterizace Irů a Keltů v Evropě 19. století" for an international audience.)

Keywords

• Karel Havlíček Borovský
• Jakob Venedey
• cultural stereotypes
• Irish
• Celts