The Easter Proclamation 1916: A Comparative Analysis (Second Edition)

by Liam de Paor

The words of the Proclamation were put together by P.H. Pearse and revised by James Connolly and Thomas MacDonagh. The document is short and exhortatory. Nonetheless, teased out, it unfolds patterns of thought and, perhaps more revealingly, assumptions worth examining. It is an essay in a genre. The genre is exemplified in the American Declaration of Independence, of 1776, which for that reason is also discussed here. Providing the most thorough analysis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846826195
• ISBN13: 9781846826191
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Four Courts Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"