Cambridge University Press - The Cambridge Companion To J. M. Synge - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: John Millington Synge was a leading literary figure of the Irish Revival who played a significant role in the founding of Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 1904. This Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to the whole range of Synge's work from well - known plays like Riders to the Sea The Well of the Saints and The Playboy of the Western World to his influential prose work The Aran Islands. The essays provide detailed and insightful analyses of individual texts as well as perceptive reflections on his engagements with the Irish language processes of decolonisation gender modernism and European culture. Critical accounts of landmark productions in Ireland and America are also included. With a guide to further reading and a chronology this book will introduce students of drama postcolonial studies and Irish studies as well as theatregoers to one of the most influential and controversial dramatists of the twentieth century.
Title: The Cambridge Companion To J. M. Synge
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9780521125161
Pages: 214 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises
Publication Date: 11/19/2009
Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
Category: Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights