Author: Denis JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The moon in the Yellow River. The dreaming dust. Strange occurrence on Ireland's Eye
Author: Denis JohnstonContemporary Dramatists
Author: Twentieth-Century Irish Drama
Author: Christopher MurrayPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815606437
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This work provides an overview of Irish theatre, read in the light of Ireland's self-definition. Mediating between history and its relations with politics and art, it attempts to do justice to the enabling and mirroring preoccupations of Irish drama.
The Dramatic Works of Denis Johnston: The old lady says no! The scythe and the sunset. Storm song. The dreaming dust. Strange occurrence on Ireland's Eye
Author: Denis JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre
Author: Nicholas GrenePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191016349
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre provides the single most comprehensive survey of the field to be found in a single volume. Drawing on more than forty contributors from around the world, the book addresses a full range of topics relating to modern Irish theatre from the late nineteenth-century to the most recent works of postdramatic devised theatre. Ireland has long had an importance in the world of theatre out of all proportion to the size of the country, and has been home to four Nobel Laureates (Yeats, Shaw, and Beckett; Seamus Heaney, while primarily a poet, also wrote for the stage). This collection begins with the influence of melodrama, and looks at arguably the first modern Irish playwright, Oscar Wilde, before moving into a series of considerations of the Abbey Theatre, and Irish modernism. Arranged chronologically, it explores areas such as women in theatre, Irish-language theatre, and alternative theatres, before reaching the major writers of more recent Irish theatre, including Brian Friel and Tom Murphy, and their successors. There are also individual chapters focusing on Beckett and Shaw, as well as a series of chapters looking at design, acting, and theatre architecture. The book concludes with an extended survey of the critical literature on the field. In each chapter, the author does not simply rehearse accepted wisdom; all of the contributors push the boundaries of their respective fields, so that each chapter is a significant contribution to scholarship in its own right.
Modern British Dramatists, 1900-1945
Author: Stanley WeintraubPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Contains biographical sketches of playwrights whose careers had reached a professional height before the 1939-1945 war, or whose lives had ended by that time.
Landmarks of Irish Drama
Author: Brendan KennellyPublisher: Methuen Drama
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
A collection of plays that brings together the work of seven Irish playwrights: Shaw, O'Casey, Beckett, Behan, Yeats, Johnston and Synge. Each of the seven selections is introduced by Kennelly.
Denis Johnston, a Retrospective
Author: Denis JohnstonPublisher: Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire : C. Smythe ; Totowa, N.J. : Barnes & Noble
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The old lady says "No!" The scythe and the sunset. A fourth for bridge
Author: Denis JohnstonModern Irish Writers
Author: Alexander G. GonzalezPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1567507735
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
While the Irish Literary Revival began around 1885 and ended somewhere between 1925 and 1940, the Irish Renaissance has continued to the present day and shows no sign of abating. The period has produced some of the most important and influential figures in Irish literature, some of whom are counted among the world's greatest authors. The Revival saw a reestablishment of Ireland's literary connections with its Celtic heritage, and writers such as William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory drew heavily on the myths and legends of the past. James Joyce boldly reshaped the novel and wrote short fiction of enduring value. Contemporary Irish writers continue to be leading figures and include such authors as Brian Frigl, Seamus Heaney, and Eavan Boland. Included in this reference book are alphabetically arranged entries for more than 70 modern Irish writers, including Samuel Beckett, William Trevor, Patrick Kavanagh, Medbh McGuckian, Sean O'Casey, J. M. Synge, and Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill. Entries are written by expert contributors and reflect a broad range of perspectives. Each entry contains a brief biography that summarizes the author's career, a discussion of major works and themes, an overview of the author's critical reception, and a bibliography of primary and secondary works. An introductory essay reviews the large and growing body of scholarship on modern Irish literature, while an extensive bibliography concludes the volume.