Editing Charles Stewart Parnell (section)

==Portrayal in fiction==

In [[Knut Hamsun]]'s 1892 novel ''[[Mysteries (novel)|Mysteries]]'', the characters, on a couple of occasions, briefly discuss Charles Stewart Parnell, particularly in relation to [[William Ewart Gladstone|Gladstone]]: "Dr. Stenerson had a high opinion of Parnell, but if Gladstone was so opposed to him, he must know what he was about—with apologies to the host, Mr. Nagel, who couldn't forgive Gladstone for being an honourable man".

Parnell's death shocks the character Eleanor in [[Virginia Woolf]]'s novel ''[[The Years]]'', published in 1937: "...{{nbsp}}how could he be dead? It was like something fading in the sky."<ref>{{cite book |title=Virginia Woolf: The Complete Collection |date=2017 |publisher=Oregan Publishing |page=1768}}</ref>

Parnell is toasted in the 1938 poem of [[William Butler Yeats]], "Come Gather Round Me, Parnellites",<ref>{{cite book |last1=Yeats |first1=William Butlers |title=Selected Poems And Four Plays |date=1996 |publisher=Scribner |page=188}}</ref> while he is also referred to in "To a Shade",<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kumar Sarker |first1=Sunil |title=W.B. Yeats: Poetry and Plays |date=2002 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers and Distributors |page=152}}</ref> where he performs the famous "C.S.Parnell Style", and in Yeats' two-line poem "Parnell".

In [[W. Somerset Maugham]]'s ''[[The Razor's Edge]]'', published in 1944, the author mentions Parnell and O'Shea: "Passion is destructive. It destroyed [[Antony and Cleopatra]], [[Tristan and Isolde]], Parnell and Kitty O'Shea."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Maugham |first1=William Somerset |title=The Razor's Edge: A Novel |date=1944 |publisher=Doran & Company |page=183}}</ref>

Parnell is the subject of a discussion in Irish author [[James Joyce]]'s first chapter of the semi-autobiographical novel ''[[A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man]]'', first serialised in ''[[The Egoist (periodical)|The Egoist]]'' magazine in 1914–15. Parnell appears in "[[Ivy Day in the Committee Room]]" in ''[[Dubliners]]''. He is also discussed in ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]'', as is his brother.{{sfn|Gifford|Seidman|1989|p=172}} The main character in ''[[Finnegans Wake]]'', HCE, is partially based on Parnell;{{efn|''[[Finnegans Wake]]'', p. 25, describing HCE, refers to Parnell's support for tenants and later divorce scandal: "If you were bowed and soild and letdown itself from the oner of the load it was that paddyplanters might pack up plenty and when you were undone in every point fore the laps of goddesses you showed our labourlasses how to free was easy." See also {{harvnb|Tindall|1996|pp=92–93}}}} among other resemblances, both are accused of transgressions in Phoenix Park.

Parnell is a major background character in [[Thomas Flanagan (writer)|Thomas Flanagan]]'s 1988 historical novel ''The Tenants of Time'',<ref>{{cite news |last1=des Lauriers Cieri |first1=Carol |title=A tale of a famous failed rebellion - the Ireland of Parnell's times |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1988/0229/dbflan.html |work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |date=29 February 1988}}</ref> and in [[Leon Uris]]'s 1976 historical novel ''[[Trinity (novel)|Trinity]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cahalan |first1=James M. |title=Great Hatred, Little Room The Irish Historical Novel |date=1983 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |page=196}}</ref>

Parnell was played by [[Clark Gable]] in ''[[Parnell (film)|Parnell]]'', the 1937 [[MGM]] production about the Irish leader.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Essoe |first1=Gabe |title=The Films of Clark Gable |date=1970 |publisher=Citadel Press |page=181}}</ref> Instead of wearing a full beard like the real Parnell, the popular actor sported sideburns in addition to his trademark moustache. The film is notable as Gable's biggest flop and occurred at the height of his career when almost every Gable film was a smash hit. Parnell was portrayed by [[Robert Donat]] in the 1947 film ''[[Captain Boycott (film)|Captain Boycott]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Babington |first1=Bruce |title=Launder and Gilliat |date=2002 |publisher=Manchester University Press |page=119}}</ref> In 1954, [[Patrick McGoohan]] played Parnell in "The Fall of Parnell (December 6, 1890)", an episode of the historical television series ''[[You Are There (series)|You Are There]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gregory |first1=Chris |title=Be Seeing You: Decoding The Prisoner |date=1997 |publisher=University of Luton Press |page=220}}</ref>

In 1991, [[Trevor Eve]] played Parnell in the television mini-series ''Parnell and the Englishwoman''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=Jerry |title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors |date=2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=65}}</ref>

The 1992 novel ''[[Death and Nightingales]]'' by [[Eugene McCabe]] mentions him numerous times.

The Irish rebel song by [[Dominic Behan]] "[[Come Out, Ye Black and Tans]]" contains a reference to Parnell:
{{blockquote|<poem>
Come let me hear you tell
How you slandered great Parnell, 
When you thought him well
and truly persecuted,
Where are the sneers and jeers
That you bravely let us hear 
When our heroes of '16 were executed?
</poem>}}