Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Kathleen ni Houlihan and the Perception of Propaganda; 2 Yeats: The Inner Life on the National Stage; 3 Gregory: Nationality as Narrative; 4 Synge: The Liberation of Language; 5 The Playboy of the Western World and the End of Artistic Nationalism; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This study examines the early dramatic works of Yeats, Synge, and Gregory in the context of late colonial Irelands unique socio-political landscape. Cusack demonstrates the complex negotiation of nationalism, class, and gender identities undertaken by these authors in the years leading up to Irelands revolution
