Paige Reynolds (College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts)
Employing previously unexamined archival material, Paige Reynolds reconstructs five large-scale public events in early twentieth-century Irish culture: the riotous premiere of J. M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World in 1907; the events of Dublin Suffrage Week, including the Irish premiere of Ibsen's Rosmersholm, in 1913; the funeral processions of the playwright and Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney in 1920; the sporting and arts competitions of the Tailteann Games in 1924; and the organized protests accompanying the premiere of Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars in 1926. The...
Employing previously unexamined archival material, Paige Reynolds reconstructs five large-scale public events in early twentieth-century Irish culture...
Paige Reynolds (College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts)
This book offers a pioneering critical account of twenty-first-century Irish literature and culture, underscoring the crucial role that contemporary writing plays in representing and influencing rapidly changing conditions in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It unsettles presumptions about what constitutes an Irish classic.
This book offers a pioneering critical account of twenty-first-century Irish literature and culture, underscoring the crucial role that contemporary w...
