The Abbey Rebels of 1916 (eBook)

A Lost Revolution

Fearghal McGarry (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
384 Seiten
Gill Books (Verlag)
978-0-7171-7073-9 (ISBN)

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The story of the 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath from a new persepectiveThe Abbey Theatre played a leading role in the politicisation of the revolutionary generation that won Irish freedom, but comparatively little is known about the men and women who formed the lifeblood of the institution: those whose radical politics drove them to fight in the 1916 Rising.Drawing on a huge range of previously unpublished material, The Abbey Rebels of 1916 explores the experiences, hopes and dreams of these remarkable but largely forgotten individuals: Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh, the Abbey's first leading lady; Peadar Kearney, author of the national anthem; feminist Helena Molony, the first female political prisoner of her generation; Seán Connolly, the first rebel to die in the Rising; carpenter Barney Murphy; usherette Ellen Bushell; and Hollywood star Arthur Shields.Invigorating and provocative, this is the story of how, in the years following the Easter Rising, the radical ideals that inspired their revolution were gradually supplanted by a conservative vision of the nation Ireland would become. Lavishly illustrated with 200 documents and images, it provides a fresh and compelling account of the Rising and its aftermath.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.10.2015
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 1916 Rising • Abbey Street • Agitprop • Arthur Shields • Barney Murphy • Cultural Nationalism • Cumann na mBan • Daughters of Ireland • Eamon de Valera • Easter Rebellion • Easter Rising • Ellen Bushell • Eoin O’Duffy • Fearghal McGarry • Fearghal McGarry new book • Gill Books • Helena Molony • history of the 1916 Rising • History of Theatre • Inghinidhe na hEireann • Irish History • irish independence • James Connolly • Lady Gregory • Liberty Hall • Maire Nic Shiubhlaigh • Michael Collins • new 1916 book • new book on the Easter Rising • Padraig Pearse • Peader Kearney • Proclamation of the Irish Republic • radical Irish politics • Rebels: Voices from the Easter Rising • revolutionary Ireland • revolutionary theatre • Sean Connolly • Sean O’Casey • Sinn Fein • story of the Easter Rising • The Abbey Rebels • The Abbey Rebels of 1916 • the Abbey Theatre • the ira • the IRB • the Irish Citizen Army • twentieth-century Ireland • W.B. Yeats
• ISBN-10: 0-7171-7073-X / 071717073X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7171-7073-9 / 9780717170739