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Main Author: Merivirta, Raita, 1975-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bern, Switzerland ; New York : Peter Lang, c2009.
Series:Reimagining Ireland, v. 11
Subjects:
Collins, Michael, > 1890-1922.
Michael Collins (Motion picture)
Revolutionaries > Ireland > Biography.
Ireland > History > Easter Rising, 1916.
Ireland > History > War of Independence, 1919-1921.
Ireland > History > Civil War, 1922-1923.
Ireland > In motion pictures.
Electronic books.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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