Mark Connelly

The IRA on Film and Television

A History

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Produktbeschreibung

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has for decades pursued the goal of unifying its homeland into a single sovereign nation, ending British rule in Northern Ireland. Over the years, the IRA has been dramatized in motion pictures directed by John Ford (The Informer), Carol Reed (Odd Man Out), David Lean (Ryan's Daughter), Neil Jordan (Michael Collins), and many others. Such international film stars as Liam Neeson, James Cagney, Richard Gere, James Mason and Anthony Hopkins have portrayed IRA members alternately as heroic patriots, psychotic terrorists and tormented rebels. This work analyzes celluloid depictions of the IRA from the 1916 Easter Rising to the peace process of the 1990s. Topics include America's role in creating both the IRA and its cinematic image, the organization's brief association with the Nazis, and critical reception of IRA films in Ireland, Britain and the United States.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 525g
• ISBN-13: 9780786447367
• ISBN-10: 0786447362
• Artikelnr.: 34444013

Autorenporträt

Mark Connelly teaches literature and film at Milwaukee Area Technical College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he is vice president of the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface     
Introduction     
1 The Troubles I: The War of Independence and the Irish Civil War     
2 The Big Fellow: Michael Collins     
3 The Shamrock and the Swastika     
4 The Troubles II     
5 The Classics: The Informer and Odd Man Out     
6 American Angles     
7 International Intrigue     
8 The Gangster Film: Criminalizing the IRA     
9 Themes and Characters     
10 Post Troubles?     
Conclusion     
Chronology     
Filmography     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index