Anglo-Irish theatre and the formation of a nationalist political culture between 1890 and 1930
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Anglo-Irish theatre and the formation of a nationalist political culture between 1890 and 1930
（Irish studies, v. 7）
Edwin Mellen Press, c2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-237) and index
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Description
This work investigates the intricate relationship between writers and politics and their responsibility for the emerging radicalization of nationalism toward 1916. It also considers the writer's own involvement in the nationalist cause.
Table of Contents
- Foreword by Declan Kiberd vii
- Acknowledgements xi
- Introduction: Writing and Politics 1
- 1 The Early Yeats: In Search of the Queen 5
- 2 The Abbey Fringe: 33
- Part I: Shaw & Wilde: The Exiles Set the Stage 33
- Part II: Moore, Martyn, Milligan: In the Shadow of Yeats 43
- Part III: Lady Gregory: The Struggle for Recognition 52
- 3 J. M. Synge: The Art of Challenging 63
- 4 Conradh Na Gaeilge: Longing for the Past 87
- 5 Sinn Fein: The Gael, the Gael, & Nothing but the Gael 111
- 6 The Playboy and Other Riots: In Defence of Kathleen 125
- 7 1916: Gallous Stories and Dirty Deeds 151
- 8 Sean O'Casey: No Time for Love 181
- 9 The Elder Yeats: All Changed, Changed Utterly 199
- 10 Did that play send out certain men the English shot? The Literary Movement and Irish Nationalism 215
- Notes 223
- Bibliography 229
- Index 239
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