The Imagination of an Insurrection: Dublin, Easter 1916

by William R. Thompson and William Irwin Thompson

Book Overview

We know from our literary histories that there was a movement called the Irish Literary Renaissance, and that Yeats was at its head. We know from our political histories that there is now a Republic of Ireland because of a nationalistic movement that, militarily, began with the insurrection of Easter Week, 1916. But what do these two movements have to do with one another?...

Because I came to history with literary eyes, I could not help...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0940262029
• ISBN13: 9780940262027
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Lindisfarne Books
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent

I chose to read this book for a university history class where we had to find a book and make a presentation on HOW the book was written and presented rather than the history that was in the book. Thompason did a marverlous job at letting the public know what exactly happened during the uprising of Bloody Sunday 1916. I recommend this book to everyone and anyone interested in the politics of the time.