Inventing the myth : political passions and the Ulster Protestant imagination

Inventing the myth : political passions and the Ulster Protestant imagination / Connal Parr.

A lively and timely work about the history and politics of Ulster Protestants. The volume draws on over sixty interviews with politicians and cultural figures and focuses on ten writers whose work has reflected and challenged the views of their community.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parr, Connal (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Protestants > Political activity > Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Protestants > Political activity
Northern Ireland > History.
Ireland > Ulster
Northern Ireland
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Inventing the Myth: Political Passions and the Ulster Protestant Imagination; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Definitions and Scholarly Literature; 1: Words as Weapons: Northern Irelandś Ongoing Cultural Wars; Cultural Disparagement; Modern Irish Republicanism and War Literature; Conflict Displaced; Troubled Portrayals; Group Writing; Loyalist Literature; Conclusion; 2: The Strange Radicalism of Thomas Carnduff and St John Ervine; Beginnings; Orangeism; The Abbey; Takeovers; Jemmy Hope and Castlereagh.
  • The Later ManConclusion; 3: John Hewitt, Sam Thompson, and a Lost Labour Culture; Over the Bridge; Activism, Regionalism, Nationality; Poking the Fire; Class; Final Years: Postscript 2010; Conclusion; 4: Stewart Parker, the UWC Strike of May 1974, and Prisons; Atmosphere; The Strike; `Spongers;́ Banditry; Long Kesh; Class; Conclusion; 5: Ron Hutchinson, Graham Reid, and the Hard Eighties; Television and Influence; The Billy Plays (1982-4); Rats in the Skull; Ordinary Lives; Paisley and Them; Conclusion; 6: The Anger and Energy of Gary Mitchell; Rathcoole; A Little World; Descent.
  • Influences and PolicingPunk; Modern Britain; Flags; Conclusion; 7: Loyal Women? Marie Jones and Christina Reid; Charabanc; Audience; Memory; The Political Sphere; Stereotypes and Identity; Generation; Invisibility; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Private papers; Central Library, Belfast: Sam Thompson Collection; Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Texas: St John Ervine Collection; Library of the University of Ulster, Coleraine: The Hewitt Archive; Linen Hall Library, Belfast; McClay Library, Queen's University Belfast; National Library of Ireland.
  • New York Public Library: Berg CollectionPublic Records Office of Northern Ireland; Newspapers, Periodicals, and Circulars; Memoirs, Scripts, and Contemporary Publications; Miscellaneous Media Material; Secondary Sources; Thesis; Index.

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