Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Ritschel, Nelson O'Ceallaigh, 1959- author.

Title Bernard Shaw, Sean O'Casey, and the dead James Connolly / Nelson O'Ceallaigh Ritschel
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

Copies

Description 1 online resource
Series Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries
Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries.
Contents Introduction -- Shaw, OCasey, Connolly: Stitching the Foundation, 1890s-1915 -- Revolutions: 1916/1917: Lynd, War Issues, the ITGWU -- Shaws Elderly Gentleman, OCaseys Trilogy Begins: Larkin/OBrien -- Shaws Saint Joan: Martyred Vision -- The Plough and the Stars: The Lost Workers Republic -- The Intelligent Womens Guide, The Silver Tassie, The Re-Conquest -- Epilogue
Summary "The breadth of scholarship presented here is truly impressive not only in its scope but also in its deft integration. ... This is a work that makes major contributions to several different fields: Irish culture, including early twentieth-century theatre, political and intellectual histories; Shaw studies; O'Casey scholarship; and the intersection of international socialist thought and nationalistic revolutionary action."--Gary Richardson, Professor of English, Mercer University, USA This book details the Irish socialistic tracks pursued by Bernard Shaw and Sean OCasey, mostly after 1916, that were arguably impacted by the executed James Connolly. The historical context is carefully unearthed, stretching from its 1894 roots via W.B. Yeats dream of Shaw as a menacing, yet grinning sewing machine, to Shaws and OCaseys 1928 masterworks. In the process, Shaws War Issues for Irishmen, Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress, The Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman, Saint Joan, The Intelligent Womans Guide to Socialism and Capitalism, and OCaseys The Story of the Irish Citizen Army, The Shadow of a Gunman, Juno and the Paycock, The Plough and the Stars, and The Silver Tassie are reconsidered, revealing previously undiscovered textures to the masterworks. All of which provides a rethinking, a reconsideration of Irelands great drama of the 1920s, as well as furthering the knowledge of Shaw, OCasey, and Connolly. Nelson OCeallaigh Ritschel is the author of Bernard Shaw, W.T. Stead, and the New Journalism (2017) and Shaw, Synge, Connolly, and Socialist Provocation (2011). He is a professor of Humanities, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Notes Includes index
Print version record
Subject Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 -- Criticism and interpretation
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964 -- Criticism and interpretation
Connolly, James, 1868-1916 -- Death and burial
Connolly, James, 1868-1916 -- Influence
SUBJECT Connolly, James, 1868-1916 fast
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964 fast
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 fast
Subject English drama -- Irish authors -- History and criticism
English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Socialism -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
Death and burial of a person
English drama
English drama -- Irish authors
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Socialism
Ireland
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030742744
3030742741