Sean O'Casey : centenary essays
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Sean O'Casey : centenary essays
(Irish literary studies, 7)
Colin Smythe, 1980
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Sean O'Casey, a chronology / Robert G. Lowery
- Sean O'Casey and the Abbey Theatre, Dublin / Ronald Ayling
- Sean O'Casey and/or James Joyce / Bernard Benstock
- Sean O'Casey and Lady Gregory / Mary FitzGerald
- The druidic affinities of O'Casey and Yeats / David Krause
- Sean O'Casey, art and politics / Robert G. Lowery
- Earliest youth / William J. Maroldo
- The unholy trinity / Alan Simpson
- Shaw's other Keegan / Stanley Weintraub
- Sean O'Casey at the Abbey Theatre / Robert G. Lowery
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume was created to mark the centenary of the birth of Sean O'Casey. It covers every aspect of his life and work, with essays from leading scholars in the field of O'Casey studies: Ronald Ayling, Bernard Benstock, Mary FitzGerald, David Krause, Robert G. Lowery, William J. Maroldo, Alan Simp-son and Stanley Weintraub, to-gether with a Chronology and a list of productions of O'Casey's plays, both by Robert G. Lowery. The subjects covered include O'Casey's relations with the Abbey Theatre, Lady Gregory, W. B. Yeats, and Bernard Shaw together with assessments of the influence that James Joyce, politics, religion and Ireland had on the play-wright and his plays.
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