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EASTER CHARADE.

Authors :
Wheatcroft, Geoffrey
Source :
New Republic. 4/7/86, Vol. 194 Issue 14, p19-21. 3p.
Publication Year :
1986

Abstract

Discusses the effects of the Easter 1916 Rising in Dublin, Ireland. Involvement of the rising in the rhetoric of Irish public life; History of Ireland's relations with Great Britain; Ways in which the Easter Rising was a violent action against the democratic state; Argument that Great Britain had kept faith with Irish nationalism; Distortion of Irish patriotism by the rewriting of the country's history.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00286583
Volume :
194
Issue :
14
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New Republic
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
11078727