Title Tinkers : Synge and the cultural history of the Irish traveller / Mary Burke

Published Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 329 pages) Contents Irish and British literary antecedents of the revival Tinker -- Synge's negotiation of constructs of the Tinker -- Playboys of the eastern world: Synge's bohemian Tinkers and pre-Celtic islanders -- Reaffirming sedentary values: the Tinker in post-Revival drama and prose -- The end of the 'Tinker': Irish writing after Traveller politicization -- Screening the Travel(l)er Summary The history of Irish Travellers is not analogous to that of the 'tinker', a Europe-wide underworld fantasy created by sixteenth-century British and continental Rogue Literature that came to be seen as an Irish character alone as English became dominant in Ireland. By the Revival, the tinker represented bohemian, pre-Celtic aboriginality, functioning as the cultural nationalist counter to the Victorian Gypsy mania. Long misunderstood as a portrayal of actual Travellers, J.M. Synge's influential The Tinker's Wedding was pivotal to this 'Irishing' of the tinker, even as it acknowledged that figure Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-312) and index Notes Print version record Subject Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909. Tinker's wedding English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) in literature. Nomads in literature. Ethnic groups in literature. Marginality, Social, in literature. Other (Philosophy) in literature. National characteristics, Irish, in literature. Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) -- Historiography Ethnic groups -- Ireland -- History LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English literature -- Irish authors Ethnic groups Ethnic groups in literature Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) in literature Marginality, Social, in literature National characteristics, Irish, in literature Nomads in literature Other (Philosophy) in literature Ireland Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191570612 0191570613 9780191721670 0191721670

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