The gun and Irish politics
Merivirta, Raita, 1975-
The gun and Irish politics examining national history in Neil Jordan's Michael Collins / [electronic resource] : Raita Merivirta. - Bern, Switzerland ; New York : Peter Lang, c2009. - 192 p. - Reimagining Ireland, v. 11 1662-9094 ; .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.
DA965.C6 / M3356 2009eb
941.5082/1 B
The gun and Irish politics examining national history in Neil Jordan's Michael Collins / [electronic resource] : Raita Merivirta. - Bern, Switzerland ; New York : Peter Lang, c2009. - 192 p. - Reimagining Ireland, v. 11 1662-9094 ; .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.
DA965.C6 / M3356 2009eb
941.5082/1 B