Title Revolutionary lives : Constance and Casimir Markievicz / Lauren Arrington

Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents Preface: The Rebel Countess and the Polish Irishman -- Origins -- Bohemia -- The Politics of Art -- Suffrage, Nationalism, and the Daughters of Ireland -- Women's Work? -- Conversion -- Physical Force -- Social Realism -- The Beginning -- The Markieviczes at War -- War and Family Life -- Victory behind Bars -- A Citizen of the Republic -- Counterrevolution -- Reconciliation -- Legacies Summary "Constance Markievicz (1868-1927), born to the privileged Protestant upper class in Ireland, embraced suffrage before scandalously leaving for a bohemian life in London and then Paris. She would become known for her roles as politician and Irish revolutionary nationalist. Her husband, Casimir Dunin Markievicz (1874-1932), a painter, playwright, and theater director, was a Polish noble who would eventually join the Russian Imperial Army to fight on behalf of Polish freedom during World War I. Revolutionary Lives offers the first dual biography of these two prominent European activists and artists. Tracing the Markieviczes' entwined and impassioned trajectories, biographer Lauren Arrington sheds light on the avant-garde cultures of London, Paris, and Dublin, and the rise of anti-imperialism at the turn of the twentieth century. Drawing from new archival material, including previously untranslated newspaper articles, Arrington explores the interests and concerns of Europeans invested in suffrage, socialism, and nationhood. Unlike previous works, Arrington's book brings Casimir Markievicz into the foreground of the story and explains how his liberal imperialism and his wife's socialist republicanism arose from shared experiences, even as their politics remained distinct. Arrington also shows how Constance did not convert suddenly to Irish nationalism, but was gradually radicalized by the Irish Revival. Correcting previous depictions of Constance as hero or hysteric, Arrington presents her as a serious thinker influenced by political and cultural contemporaries. Revolutionary Lives places the exciting biographies of two uniquely creative and political individuals and spouses in the wider context of early twentieth-century European history"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Markievicz, Constance de, 1868-1927 Markievicz, Casimir, 1874-1932. SUBJECT Markievicz, Casimir, 1874-1932. fast (OCoLC)fst01927196 Markievicz, Constance de, 1868-1927. fast (OCoLC)fst00203510 Subject Women revolutionaries -- Ireland -- Biography Revolutionaries -- Poland -- Biography Anti-imperialist movements -- Europe -- History -- 20th century Artists -- Poland -- Biography Art -- Political aspects -- Europe -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Europe -- Ireland. HISTORY -- Europe -- General. HISTORY -- Revolutionary. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Activists. Anti-imperialist movements. Art -- Political aspects. Artists. Intellectual life. Revolutionaries. Women revolutionaries. SUBJECT Dublin (Ireland) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078218 Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098066 Subject England -- London. Europe. France -- Paris. Ireland. Ireland -- Dublin. Poland. Genre/Form collective biographies. Biographies. History. Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781400874187 1400874181

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