Daniel O'Connell, the British Press and the Irish Famine: Killing Remarks

ISBN-13: 9780754605539 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 398 str.

Leslie A Williams

Opis

Through an investigation of the reportage in 19th-century English metropolitan newspapers and illustrated journals, this book begins with the question Did anti-O'Connell sentiment in the British press lead to 'killing remarks', rhetoric that helped the press, government and public opinion distance themselves from the Irish Famine?. The book explores the reportage of events and people in Ireland, focusing first on Daniel O'Connell and then on debates about the seriousness of the famine.

Recenzje

'This is an excellent book on an important subject. Here, the late Professor Leslie A. Williams brings her sharp sensibilities as an art historian to bear upon the social, economic, and human history of both Ireland and England in the years immediately preceding, during, and following the Great Irish Famine - or Great Hunger , as many Irish people prefer to call it - of 1845-51.' Irish Studies Review '... a fresh and valuable contribution to what had begun to seem an overworked field.' Albion '... [a] fine study... Williams provides an important contribution to famine historiography and to understanding the British press in the nineteenth century.' American Historical Review '... a substantial addition to both periodical criticism and the history of British-Irish relations.' Victorian Periodicals Review

Spis treści

Contents: Preface; Introduction; The Times, O'Connell and repeal ” 1843; Punch, 'rint' and 'repale' ” 1843; Traversers and priests ” 1844-1845; 'The commissioner' ” 1845; Imagining a famine/Imaginary famine ” 1845; 'The battlefield of contending factions' ” January to June, 1846; Parsing Pharaoh's dream ” July to December 1846; 'A Transition of Great Difficulty' ” January to March 1847; The death of Daniel O'Connell ” May 1847; 'A conspiracy against life': June to December 1847; Charles Trevelyan and the 'great opportunity' ” January 1848; The uprising at Boulagh ” 1848; A dream of the future ”1849; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Leslie A. Williams, author of Daniel O'Connell, the British Press, and Killing Remarks, was an art historian specializing in the Victorian period. At the time of her death she was Chair of the Department of Arts and Humanities at Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio. William H. A. Williams, editor, is historian and author of 'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream: The Image of the Irish and Ireland in American Popular Song Lyrics, 1800-1920. He is member of the faculty of the College of Undergraduate Studies, Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, Ohio