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Methods/Theory


Lawrence W. McBride, editor. Reading Irish Histories: Texts, Contexts, and Memory in Modern Ireland. Portland, Oreg.: Four Courts Press. 2003. Pp. 233. $55.00.
The final essay of this collection closes with the following sentiment from Sean Farrell Moran: "Like Socrates and Plato who stood firmly against the influence of myth in Athenian democracy, academic historians will step in to attempt to correct the misconceptions of Irish citizens" (p. 218). In the previous essay, one such "academic historian," Ben Novick, stepped into the breach in the following fashion: "Writing, as discussed throughout this book, is a primary means of disseminating information" (p. 211). Socrates and Plato have indeed met their match. . . .
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