The Easter Proclamation 1916: A Comparative Analysis - Softcover

De Paor, Liam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846826195 ISBN 13: 9781846826191

Publisher: Four Courts Press Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

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 of the Proclamation, the book's paragraph-by-paragraph commentary is sympathetic but, at times, sharply critical. Originally published in 1997 (as On the Easter Proclamation and other declarations), this reissue includes a new introduction by W.J. McCormack. [Subject: Easter Rising 1916, Revolutions, 20th Century History, Documents & Archives, Ireland]

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Edition details

• Publisher: Four Courts Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846826195
• ISBN 13: 9781846826191
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128