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Tragedy and Irish writing : Synge, O'Casey, Beckett

By McDonald , Ronan

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2002
ISBN
0-333-92393-6, 9780333923931
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
873 kB (893904 bytes)
Pages
201\214
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Synge J M John Millington 1871 1909 Criticism and

Description

In Tragedy and Irish Writing McDonald considers the culture of suffering, loss, and guilt in the work of Synge, O'Casey, and Beckett. He applies external ideas of tragedy to the three dramatists and also discerns particular sorts of tragedy within their own work. While alert to the real differences among the three, the book also traces common themes and preoccupations. It identifies a conflict between form and content, between heightened language and debased reality, as the hallmark of Irish tragedy.

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