Parnell and his times

Parnell and his times

by Leerssen, Joseph Th., (Joseph Theodoor)

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"Marked by names such as W. B. Yeats, James Joyce and Patrick Pearse, the decade 1910-1920 was a period of revolutionary change in Ireland, in literature, politics and social mentality. What fed the creative and reformist urge besides the circumstances of the moment and a vision of the future? The leading experts in Irish history, literature and culture assembled in this volume argue that the shadow of the past was also a driving factor: the traumatic, undigested memory of the defeat and death …

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  • Full title :Parnell and his times / edited by Joep Leerssen, University of Amsterdam.

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"Marked by names such as W. B. Yeats, James Joyce and Patrick Pearse, the decade 1910-1920 was a period of revolutionary change in Ireland, in literature, politics and social mentality. What fed the creative and reformist urge besides the circumstances of the moment and a vision of the future? The leading experts in Irish history, literature and culture assembled in this volume argue that the shadow of the past was also a driving factor: the traumatic, undigested memory of the defeat and death of the charismatic national leader Charles Stewart Parnell (1891). The authors reassess Parnell's impact on the Ireland of his cultural, religious, political and intellectual life in order to trace his posthumous influence into the early twentieth century in fields like political activism, memory culture, history-writing, and literature"--

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  • Publication Date:©2021

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xiii, 324 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1108863183, 9781108861786, 1108861784, 9781108863186
  • oclc:on1152391419
  • LC Classification:DA958.P2
  • Dewey Decimal:941.5081092

Subjects

Historiography History Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Ireland Ireland -- Historiography Ireland -- History -- 1837-1901 Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1… Ireland -- Politics and government -- 2… Irlande -- Histoire -- 1837-1901 Irlande -- Historiographie Irlande -- Politique et gouvernement --… Irlande -- Politique et gouvernement --… Parnell, Charles Stewart Politics and government Politics and literature Politics and literature -- History -- 1… Politics and literature -- History -- 2… Politique et littérature -- Histoire --… Politique et littérature -- Histoire --…

Writers

Leerssen, Joseph Th., (Joseph Theodoor)

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