Cornish Studies Volume 4
Cornish Studies: Four

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.

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

Contents:

Art thou of Cornish crew? - Shakespeare, Henry V and Cornish identity, Alan Kent;

"Sir Richard Grenville's creatures" - the new Cornish tertia, 1644-46, Mark Stoyle;

Reforming thirties and hungry forties - the genesis of Cornwall's emigration trade, Philip Payton;

Is "John of Chyanor" really a "Cornish Ruodlieb"?, Brian Murdoch;

"Linguistically sound principles" - the case against Kernewek Kemmyn, N.J.A. Williams;

Language revival and language debate - modernity and post-modernity, Brian Deacon;

A century of centralization - Cornish health and healthcare, Rod Sheaff;

Research notes - negative particles in Cornish, Glanville Price;

Second homes in Cornwall, Paul Thornton.

Philip Payton is Professor of Cornish and Australian Studies in the University of Exeter and Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University’s Cornwall campus. He is also the author of A.L. Rowse in Cornwall: A Paradoxical Patriot and numerous other books on Cornwall and the Cornish.