Avant-garde nationalism at the Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928-1940 / Ruud van den Beuken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beuken, Ruud van den, author.

Series:

Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)

Irish studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dublin Gate Theatre.

Experimental theater--Ireland--Dublin--History.

Experimental theater.

Theater--Ireland--Dublin--History--20th century.

Theater.

Theater and society.

History.

Ireland--Dublin.

Theater and society--Ireland--History--20th century.

Ireland.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 265 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"While the Dublin Gate Theatre (est. 1928) has become renowned for introducing experimental foreign drama to Ireland, this study is the first to analyse how the Gate also sought to become a site of avant-garde nationalism and to contribute to Irish identity formation in the nation's first post-independence decades"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Cosmopolitan Dublin: The Gate Theatre's Cultural Project

2. Mac Liammoir's Exorcism: Memory, Modernity, Identity

3. Playing Their Part for Ireland: Avant-Garde Patriotism and (Internationalist Poetics

4. Mythology Making History: Prospective/Prescriptive Memory in Irish Legends

5. From History to Identity: Religion, Rebellion, and the Resilience of Memory

6. Identity after Independence: Class and Social Geography in Postrevolutionary Ireland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815636250

0815636253

9780815636434

0815636431

OCLC:

1152059471