The Cambridge companion to J.M. Synge /
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The Cambridge companion to J.M. Synge /

Summary: John Millington Synge was a leading literary figure of the Irish Revival who played a significant role in the founding of Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 1904. This companion offers an introduction to the whole range of Synge's work from well-known plays like Riders to the Sea, The Well...

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Corporate Author: Cambridge collections online
Other Authors: Mathews, P. J. (Patrick J.), 1969-
Format: Online Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Series:Cambridge companions to literature.
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Summary:Summary: John Millington Synge was a leading literary figure of the Irish Revival who played a significant role in the founding of Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 1904. This companion offers an introduction to the whole range of Synge's work from well-known plays like Riders to the Sea, The Well of the Saints and The Playboy of the Western World, to his influential prose work The Aran Islands. The essays provide analyses of individual texts, as well as reflections on his engagements with the Irish language, processes of decolonisation, gender, modernism and European culture. Critical accounts of landmark productions in Ireland and America are also included. With a guide to further reading and a chronology, this book will introduce students of drama, postcolonial studies, and Irish studies as well as theatregoers to one of the most influential and controversial dramatists of the twentieth century.
Physical Description:xv, 194 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780521110105
0521110106
9780521125161
0521125162
Access:Electronic access restricted to Villanova University patrons.