Title Twentieth-century Irish drama : mirror up to nation / Christopher Murray

Edition First Syracuse University Press edition Published Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2000

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Description x, 278 pages ; 22 cm Series Irish studies Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.) Contents 1. Yeats's theatre of the heart -- 2. Lady Gregory: coming to terms -- 3. Synge: ironic revolutionary -- 4. O'Casey: in search of a hero -- 5. Into the twilight: Robinson, Johnston, Carroll -- 6. Shades of the prison-house: Shiels, D'Alton, Molloy, Behan -- 7. Revolutionary times: 'A Generation of Playwrights' -- 8. 'A Modern Ecstasy': playing the North -- 9. 'A National Dream-life': the contemporary drama Notes Originally published: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 1997 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index Subject English drama -- Irish authors -- History and criticism. English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism. SUBJECT Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115504 Ireland -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104923 LC no. 99089841 ISBN 0815606435 alkaline paper

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