The Murder Machine and Other Essays
Title | The Murder Machine and Other Essays PDF eBook |
Author | Padraic Pearse |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Ireland |
ISBN |
The Murder Machine and Other Essays
Title | The Murder Machine and Other Essays PDF eBook |
Author | Padraic Pearse |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 108 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The Murder Machine
Title | The Murder Machine PDF eBook |
Author | Padraic Pearse |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 28 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
Language from Below
Title | Language from Below PDF eBook |
Author | Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin |
Publisher | Peter Lang |
Total Pages | 352 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9783039101719 |
This book critically investigates the relationship between the Irish language and politics through a survey of individuals and movements associated with the language. This approach takes into account competing socialist and nationalist perspectives on language and society to demonstrate the different motivations for and class interest in Irish. The increasing power of the global market has the negative effect of reducing the well-being and autonomy of national populations. The study examines the decline of the Irish language as part of a global neo-liberal system that homogenises markets by reducing national and linguistic boundaries. It is argued that the struggle for rights is transformational and that the struggle for language rights by individuals and communities is an essential part of this transformation.
Standish O'Grady's Cuculain
Title | Standish O'Grady's Cuculain PDF eBook |
Author | Gregory Castle |
Publisher | Syracuse University Press |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2016-10-04 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0815653891 |
Between 1878 and 1881, Standish O’Grady published a three-volume History of Ireland that simultaneously recounted the heroic ancient past of the Irish people and helped to usher in a new era of cultural revival and political upheaval. At the heart of this history was the figure of Cuculain, the great mythic hero who would inspire a generation of writers and revolutionaries, from W. B. Yeats and Lady Augusta Gregory to Patrick Pearse. Despite the profound influence O’Grady’s writings had on literary and political culture in Ireland, they are not as well known as they should be, particularly in view of the increasingly global interest in Irish culture. This critical edition of the Cuculain legend offers a concise, abridged version of the central story in History of Ireland—the rise of the young warrior, his famous exploits in the Táin Bó Cualinge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley), and his heroic death. Castle and Bixby’s edition also includes a scholarly introduction, biography, timeline, glossary, editorial notes, and critical essays, demonstrating the significance of O’Grady’s writing for the continued reimagining of Ireland’s past, present, and future. Inviting a new generation of readers to encounter this work, the volume provides the tools necessary to appreciate both O’Grady’s enduring importance as a writer and Cuculain’s continuing resonance as a cultural icon.
Our Own Language
Title | Our Own Language PDF eBook |
Author | Gabrielle Maguire |
Publisher | Multilingual Matters |
Total Pages | 272 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9781853590962 |
This book considers the growth of the Irish language in Belfast today. The reader is invited to take a close look at a unique vibrant speech community in Belfast. During the 1960's its members took a courageous step, when they determined to create an environment wherin they could raise their children as Irish speakers. The success of the initiative is most clearly evidenced by steady diffusion of bilingualism throughout surrounding neighbourhoods.
Murder Machine
Title | Murder Machine PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Mustain |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 496 |
Release | 1993-07-01 |
Genre | True Crime |
ISBN | 1101665882 |
"The inside story of a single Brooklyn gang that killed more Americans than the Iraqi army."—Mike McAlary, columnist, New York Post They were the DeMeo gang—the most deadly hit men in organized crime. Their Mafia higher-ups came to know, use, and ultimately fear them as the Murder Machine. They killed for profit and for pleasure, following cold-blooded plans and wild whims, from the mean streets of New York to the Florida Gold Coast, and from coast to coast. Now complete with personal revelations of one of the key players, this is the savage story that leaves no corpse unturned in its terrifying telling. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS