The gun and Irish politics
Subtitle: examining national history in Neil Jordan's Michael Collins
By: Raita Merivirta
Series: Reimagining Ireland -- v. 11; Reimagining Ireland -- v. 11.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bern, Switzerland; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9783039118885
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: The 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.