Enigmas of Sacrifice - A Critique of Joseph M. Plunkett and the Dublin Insurrection of 1916

Informationen zum Autor W. J. Mc Cormack has taught in American, Austrian, Belgian, British, Hungarian, and Irish universities, specializing in a comparative criticism of Irish culture and history. He is a bibliographer, biographer, and poet (under the name Hugh Maxton). Klappentext Enigmas of Sacrifice is the first critical study of the religious poet and militarist Joseph M. Plunkett, who was executed with the other leaders of the Dublin insurrection of 1916. Mc Cormack's detailed and insightful book is unique in its effort to understand a major figure of Irish nationalism in terms that reach beyond political identity. Zusammenfassung Mc Cormack explores and analyzes Plunkett’s brief life, work, and influence, beginning with his wealthy but dysfunctional family, irregular Jesuit education, and self-canceling sexuality.

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• Authors: W. J. Mc Cormack, W J MC Cormack, W. J. Mc Cormack, W. J. McCormack
• Publisher: Michigan state university pres
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9781611861914
• ISBN: 978-1-61186-191-4
• No. of pages: 402
• Series: Studies in Violence, Mimesis,; Studies in Violence, Mimesis,; Studies in Violence, Mimesis &; Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous