Writing the Pale in the Irish Revival and the Harlem Renaissance

In his groundbreaking work, Cody D. Jarman explores the phrase "e;beyond the Pale"e; for describing both the Irish Revival and the Harlem Renaissance. In medieval Ireland, "e;the Pale"e; referred to the area immediately surrounding Dublin where the Normans maintained political control. Popular histories of the phrase draw on notions of the native Irish as savage and, thus, to be "e;beyond the Pale...