The gun and Irish politics
Subtitle: examining national history in Neil Jordan's Michael Collins
By: Raita Merivirta.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783039118885
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
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The untold story of Irish history; title: Films and history; title: Cinema and Ireland; title: Neil Jordan and the film like a national institution; title: The soldier : "everything's possible if you wish hard enough"; title: 1916 Easter Rising : introducing the characters; title: War of Independence; title: The good, the bad and the heroic; title: Michael Collins : a romantic national hero?; title: Statesman : "I signed my death warrant"; title: Collins versus De Valera; title: The split; title: The Civil War and the death of Collins; title: Back to the future : a view of the 1990s; title: Michael Collins : the lost leader; title: Northern Ireland; title: Irish national cinema and Hollywood.