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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Format: | Online Book |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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Series: | Cambridge companions to literature.
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Access: | Online version This item may also be available in print; check Holdings for more information. |
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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. |
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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. |