Synge and Edwardian Ireland / edited by Brian Cliff and Nicholas Grene.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cliff, Brian.

Grene, Nicholas

Class of 1953 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909.

Synge, J. M.

Irish literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Irish literature.

Civilization.

Ireland--Social life and customs--19th century.

Ireland.

Manners and customs.

Ireland--Civilization--19th century.

Physical Description:

xviii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

This text uses JM Synge's plays, prose, and photography to explore the cultural life of Edwardian Ireland. By emphasizing less familiar contexts, including the rise of a local celebrity culture, the arts and crafts movement, and Irish classical music, it shows how Irish folk culture intersected with the new networks of mass communication.

Contents:

Part I Edwardian Ireland

1 The Edwardian Condition of Ireland / Terence Brown Brown, Terence 9

2 Synge's Typewriter: The Technological Sublime in Edwardian Ireland / Chris Morash Morash, Chris 21

3 Stalking Yeats: The Celebrity System of Revivalist Dublin / Lucy McDiarmid McDiarmid, Lucy 34

4 Synge and Edwardian Theatre / Adrian Frazier Frazier, Adrian 45

5 Preserving the Relics of Heroic Time: Visualizing the Celtic Revival in Early Twentieth-Century Ireland / Nicola Gordon Bowe Bowe, Nicola Gordon 58

6 Synge, Music, and Edwardian Dublin / Harry White White, Harry 84

7 Political Animals: Somerville and Ross and Percy French on Edwardian Ireland / Julie Anne Stevens Stevens, Julie Anne 102

Part II Contexts and Comparisons

8 Synge and Modernity in The Aran Islands / David Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick, David 121

9 Synge, Reading, and Archipelago / Nicholas Allen Allen, Nicholas 159

10 Travelling Home: J. M. Synge and the Politics of Place / P. J. Mathews Mathews, P. J. 172

11 With His 'Mind-Guided Camera': J. M. Synge, J. J. Clarke, and the Visual Politics of Edwardian Street Photography / Justin Carville Carville, Justin 186

12 The Price of Kelp in Connemara: Synge, Pearse, and the Idealization of Folk Culture / Anne Markey Markey, Anne 208

13 Ghosdy Intertexts: James Joyce and the Legacy of Synge / Anne Fogarty Fogarty, Anne 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-250) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

0199609888

OCLC:

751748806

Publisher Number:

99948069804