Theatre and Residual Culture

This text considers the cultural residue from pre-Christian Ireland in Synge's plays and performances. By dramatising a residual culture in front of a predominantly modern and political Irish Catholic middle class audience, the book argues that Synge attempted to offer an alternative understanding of what it meant to be 'modern' at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Year

2016

Language

English

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Editions

2

Pages

313

ISBN

9781349948710

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