The gun and Irish politics examining national history in Neil Jordan's Michael Collins /

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1. Verfasser: Merivirta, Raita, 1975-
Körperschaft: ebrary, Inc
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Bern, Switzerland ; New York : Peter Lang, c2009.
Schriftenreihe:Reimagining Ireland, v. 11
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction
  • The untold story of Irish history
  • Films and history
  • Cinema and Ireland
  • Neil Jordan and the film "like a national institution"
  • The soldier : "everything's possible if you wish hard enough"
  • 1916 Easter Rising : introducing the characters
  • War of Independence
  • The good, the bad and the heroic
  • Michael Collins : a romantic national hero?
  • The statesman : "I signed my death warrant"
  • Collins versus De Valera
  • The split
  • The Civil War and the death of Collins
  • Back to the future : a view of the 1990s
  • Michael Collins : the lost leader
  • Northern Ireland
  • Irish national cinema and Hollywood.