The gun and Irish politics [electronic resource] : examining national history in Neil Jordan's Michael Collins / Raita Merivirta.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Reimagining Ireland ; v. 11Publication details: Bern, Switzerland ; New York : Peter Lang, c2009.Description: 192 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 941.5082/1 B 22
LOC classification:
  • DA965.C6 M3356 2009eb
Online resources:
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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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.

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