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Ireland's Polemical Past: Views of Irish History in Honour of R.V. Comerford

About Ireland's Polemical Past: Views of Irish History in Honour of R.V. Comerford

How societies use the past is one of their most revealing traits. Using this insight "Ireland's Polemical Past" examines how the inhabitants of nineteenth and twentieth-century Ireland plundered their pasts for polemical reasons. The ten essays explore how revolutionaries, politicians, churchmen, artists, tourists and builders (among others) used the Irish past in creating and justifying their own position in contemporary society. The result is a varied portrait of the problems and tensions in nineteenth and early twentieth-century society that these people tried to solve by resorting to the Irish past for inspiration and justification to make their world work. This is a book that will appeal to those who have an interest in the making of modern Ireland as well as those concerned with writing about the Irish past at any level.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781906359454
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 240
  • Published:
  • December 31, 2009
  • Dimensions:
  • 163x25x234 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 590 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: July 31, 2025

Description of Ireland's Polemical Past: Views of Irish History in Honour of R.V. Comerford

How societies use the past is one of their most revealing traits. Using this insight "Ireland's Polemical Past" examines how the inhabitants of nineteenth and twentieth-century Ireland plundered their pasts for polemical reasons. The ten essays explore how revolutionaries, politicians, churchmen, artists, tourists and builders (among others) used the Irish past in creating and justifying their own position in contemporary society. The result is a varied portrait of the problems and tensions in nineteenth and early twentieth-century society that these people tried to solve by resorting to the Irish past for inspiration and justification to make their world work. This is a book that will appeal to those who have an interest in the making of modern Ireland as well as those concerned with writing about the Irish past at any level.

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