Merivirta, Raita,  1975- <br/><br/>
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 ; .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Collins, Michael, 1890-1922. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Michael Collins (Motion picture)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Revolutionaries--Ireland--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916.<br/>Ireland--History--War of Independence, 1919-1921.<br/>Ireland--History--Civil War, 1922-1923.<br/>Ireland--In motion pictures.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DA965.C6  / M3356 2009eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>941.5082/1  B