John Mitchel
Quinn, James · 2008
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"John Mitchel became a leading contributor to the Nation newspaper and the most militant of the Young Irelanders." "The harshness of his views, especially his violent hatred of Britain and support for slavery, does much to explain Mitchel's neglect in recent decades. He was, however, one of the most powerful polemical journalists of the nineteenth century and a central figure in the revival of militant Irish nationalism. His portrayal of the famine as deliberate genocide became central to nationalist orthodoxy, and his hatred of British rule and contempt for parliamentary politics did much to inspire Fenianism." "This new biography attempts to discover the origins of Mitchel's views, to examine their influence, and to place his anglophobia in a more general critique of the age in which he lived."--Jacket.
Book details
- Year
- 2008
- Language
- English
- Series
- Life and times. New series
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 108
- ISBN
- 9781906359157
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