The theatre of nation : Irish drama and cultural nationalism, 1890-1916 /
By: Levitas, Ben, Dr
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Series: Oxford historical monographs.Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002Description: viii, 265 p. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0199253439 (acidfree paper); 9780199253432 :.Subject(s): English drama -- Irish authors -- History and criticism | Nationalism and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century | Nationalism and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century | English drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism | English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Nationalism in literature | Ireland -- In literatureDDC classification: 822.809358 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p.[243]-257) and index.
The quintessence of parnellism : the search for an Irish theatre, 1890-1897 -- 'A mesh of error' : dramatic alliances, 1898-1902 -- The union of sceptics, 1903-1906 -- The room of mirrors : the debut of The playboy of the western world -- 'The loy in Irish politics', 1907-1909 -- Ghosts and spectres : theatres of war, 1910-1916 -- Mahon and the echo.
What role did the theatre of the Irish literary revival play in the politics of identity debated in pre-revolutionary Ireland? Conversely, how far did that debate influence the development of the theatre? Ben Levitas pursues such questions through a study of Irish drama and the nationalist debate.