| Description |
1 online resource (328 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword / Anthony Roche -- Introduction / Patrick Lonergan -- The poeticizing of Synge / Ann Saddlemyer -- Censorship and self-censure in the plays of Synge / Ben Levitas -- Synge, evolutionary theory, and the Irish language / Mary Burke -- Synge's things: material culture in the writings of Synge / Paige Reynolds -- The best field worker: Synge and Irish folklore / Eilis Ni Dhuibhne -- Fair play Synge / Mark Phelan -- Synge, anarchism, and the European avant-garde / Shaun Richards -- The translator's playwright: Karel Musek and Synge / Ondrej Pilny -- Well, well, well: a question of 'piety' / Richard Pine -- Synge and Tom Murphy: beyond naturalism / Alexandra Poulain -- Living with ghosts: Synge and Marina Carr / Emilie Pine -- Re-location and re-locution: adapting Synge / Melissa Sihra -- Evolving Playboys for the global world / Sara Keating -- Re-writing Synge's Playboy: Christy's metamorphosiss, a hundred years on / Bisi Adigun -- Afterword / Andrian Frazier |
| Summary |
The year 2009 was the centenary of the death of John Millington Synge, one of the world's great dramatists. To mark the occasion, this book gathers essays by leading scholars of Irish drama, aiming to explore the writers and movements that shaped Synge, and to consider his enduring legacies. Essays discuss Synge's work in its Irish, European and world contexts - showing his engagement not just with the Irish literary revival but with European politics and culture too. The book also explores Synge's influence on later writers: Irish dramatists such as Brian Friel, Tom Murphy and Marina Carr, as well as international writers like Mustapha Matura and Erisa Kironde. It also considers Synge's place in Ireland today, revealing how The Playboy of the Western World has helped to shape Ireland's responses to globalisation and multiculturalism, in celebrated productions by the Abbey Theatre, Druid Theatre, and Pan Pan Theatre Company. Contributors include Ann Saddlemyer, Ben Levitas, Mary Burke, Paige Reynolds, Eil's N' Dhuibhne, Mark Phelan, Shaun Richards, Ondrej Pilny, Richard Pine, Alexandra Poulain, Emilie Pine, Melissa Sihra, Sara Keating, Bisi Adigun, Adrian Frazier and Anthony Roche |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909 -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909 fast |
| Subject |
English literature -- History and criticism.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English literature
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lonergan, Patrick
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| ISBN |
9781909325289 |
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1909325287 |
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9781904505679 |
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1904505678 |
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