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Words of the Dead Chief: Being Extracts from the Public Speeches and Other Pronouncements of Charles Stewart Parnell, from the Beginning to the Close of His Memorable Life
Charles Stewart Parnell [Jenny Wyse-Power (Compiler)]
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"Words of a Dead Chief" is an important text from a critical period in Irish nationalist politics. Published in 1892, shortly after Charles Stewart Parnell's death, it is a collection of extracts from his speeches, including all of the best-known ones. There is an unmistakeable political even propagandist dimension to the publication. It was written for a nationalist audience and particularly for followers of Parnell. Wyse-Power explains in her preface that the purpose of her 'humble memento' was to keep the principles which Parnell enunciated before the minds of Irish Nationalists 'for whom there should be a rule of political ... Read more
"Words of a Dead Chief" is an important text from a critical period in Irish nationalist politics. Published in 1892, shortly after Charles Stewart Parnell's death, it is a collection of extracts from his speeches, including all of the best-known ones. There is an unmistakeable political even propagandist dimension to the publication. It was written for a nationalist audience and particularly for followers of Parnell. Wyse-Power explains in her preface that the purpose of her 'humble memento' was to keep the principles which Parnell enunciated before the minds of Irish Nationalists 'for whom there should be a rule of political ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781906359423
SKU
V9781906359423
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About Charles Stewart Parnell [Jenny Wyse-Power (Compiler)]
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91) was an Irish Protestant landowner, agitator for land reform, Home Rule MP in the UK Parliament and founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. JENNY WYSE-POWER Jennie Wyse-Power (1858-1941) was a political activist in the Land League campaign and later in Cumann na mBan of which she was first President. Donal McCartney ... Read more
Reviews for Words of the Dead Chief: Being Extracts from the Public Speeches and Other Pronouncements of Charles Stewart Parnell, from the Beginning to the Close of His Memorable Life
"University College Dublin Press has now published over thirty 'Classics of Irish History'. These contemporary accounts by well known personalities of historical events and attitudes have an immediacy that conventional histories do not have. Introductions by modern historians provide additional historical background and, with hindsight, objectivity." Books Ireland Nov 2007 "Scholars of nineteenth-century Irish and Irish-American politics should ... Read more