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Irish Drama, Modernity and the Passion Play

Author : Alexandra Poulain
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349949639
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book Irish Drama, Modernity and the Passion Play written by Alexandra Poulain and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses Irish Passion plays (plays that rewrite or parody the story of the Passion of Christ) in modern Irish drama from the Irish Literary Revival to the present day. It offers innovative readings of such canonical plays as J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World, W. B. Yeats’s Calvary, Brendan Behan’s The Hostage, Samuel Beckett’s Endgame, Brian Friel’s Faith Healer and Tom Murphy’s Bailegangaire, as well as of less well-known plays by Padraic Pearse, Lady Gregory, G. B. Shaw, Seán O’Casey, Denis Johnston, Samuel Beckett and David Lloyd. Challenging revisionist readings of the rhetoric of “blood sacrifice” and martyrdom in the Irish Republican tradition, it argues that the Passion play is a powerful political genre which centres on the staged death of the (usually male) protagonist, and makes visible the usually invisible violence perpetrated both by colonial power and by the postcolonial state in the name of modernity.

Willie Pearse

Author : Róisín Ní Ghairbhí
Publisher : The O'Brien Press
ISBN 13 : 1847177484
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Willie Pearse written by Róisín Ní Ghairbhí and published by The O'Brien Press. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willie Pearse was a well-regarded sculptor who ran the family stone-carving business, but he was also a dynamic activist whose life offers fresh insights into political and cultural life before 1916. History has placed him in the shadow of his brother Patrick, but whether it was nationalism, education or the cultural revival, Willie shared in these activities as an equal. Being Patrick's right-hand man in the weeks preceding the Rising, he played an important role in making it happen. His gentle character and wide circle of friends meant that his execution on 4 May 1916 shocked even those who had little sympathy with the rebels and helped turn public opinion in their favour. In this book, using new sources, Róisin Ní Ghairbhi shows conclusively that, far from being dominated by his brother, Willie Pearse was always decidedly his own man.

The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre

Author : Nicholas Grene
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191016349
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre written by Nicholas Grene and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre provides the single most comprehensive survey of the field to be found in a single volume. Drawing on more than forty contributors from around the world, the book addresses a full range of topics relating to modern Irish theatre from the late nineteenth-century theatre to the most recent works of postdramatic devised theatre. Ireland has long had an importance in the world of theatre out of all proportion to the size of the country, and has been home to four Nobel Laureates (Yeats, Shaw, and Beckett; Seamus Heaney, while primarily a poet, also wrote for the stage). This collection begins with the influence of melodrama, looks at arguably the first modern Irish playwright, Oscar Wilde, before moving into a series of considerations of the Abbey Theatre, and Irish modernism. Arranged chronologically, it explores areas such as women in theatre, Irish-language theatre, and alternative theatres, before reaching the major writers of more recent Irish theatre, including Brian Friel and Tom Murphy, and their successors. There are also individual chapters focusing on Beckett and Shaw, as well as a series of chapters looking at design, acting and theatre architecture. The book concludes with an extended survey of the critical literature on the field. In each chapter, the author does not simply rehearse accepted wisdom; all of the authors push the boundaries of their respective fields, so that each chapter is a significant contribution to scholarship in its own right.

Standish O'Grady's Cuculain

Author : Gregory Castle
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815653891
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Standish O'Grady's Cuculain written by Gregory Castle and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1878 and 1881, Standish O’Grady published a three-volume History of Ireland that simultaneously recounted the heroic ancient past of the Irish people and helped to usher in a new era of cultural revival and political upheaval. At the heart of this history was the figure of Cuculain, the great mythic hero who would inspire a generation of writers and revolutionaries, from W. B. Yeats and Lady Augusta Gregory to Patrick Pearse. Despite the profound influence O’Grady’s writings had on literary and political culture in Ireland, they are not as well known as they should be, particularly in view of the increasingly global interest in Irish culture. This critical edition of the Cuculain legend offers a concise, abridged version of the central story in History of Ireland—the rise of the young warrior, his famous exploits in the Táin Bó Cualinge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley), and his heroic death. Castle and Bixby’s edition also includes a scholarly introduction, biography, timeline, glossary, editorial notes, and critical essays, demonstrating the significance of O’Grady’s writing for the continued reimagining of Ireland’s past, present, and future. Inviting a new generation of readers to encounter this work, the volume provides the tools necessary to appreciate both O’Grady’s enduring importance as a writer and Cuculain’s continuing resonance as a cultural icon.

A History of Irish Modernism

Author : Gregory Castle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1107176727
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book A History of Irish Modernism written by Gregory Castle and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attests to the unique development of modernism in Ireland - driven by political as well as artistic concerns.

Patrick Pearse

Author : Ruán O'Donnell
Publisher : The O'Brien Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1847178537
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Patrick Pearse written by Ruán O'Donnell and published by The O'Brien Press Ltd. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 24 April 1916, as President of the Provisional Government, Patrick Pearse appeared under the GPO Grand Portico on Dublin's O'Connell Street and read aloud the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Nine days later, he was the first of the rebel leaders to be executed. Pearse was born in Dublin on 11 November 1879, to an English father and an Irish mother. Considered the face of the 1916 Easter Rising, for many he was also its heart. In this definitive biography, using a wealth of primary sources, Dr Ruán O'Donnell establishes as never before the significance of Pearse's activism all across Ireland, as well as his dual roles as Director of Military Operations for the Irish Volunteers and member of the clandestine Military Council of the IRB. On 3 May 1916, Pearse was executed in the Stonebreakers Yard at Kilmainham Gaol, at the age of thirty-six.

Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890-1923

Author : R. F. Foster
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393245926
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890-1923 written by R. F. Foster and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-01-26 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterful history of Ireland’s Easter Rising told through the lives of ordinary people who forged a revolutionary generation. On Easter Monday, 1916, Irish rebels poured into Dublin’s streets to proclaim an independent republic. Ireland’s long struggle for self-government had suddenly become a radical and bloody fight for independence from Great Britain. Irish nationalists mounted a week-long insurrection, occupying public buildings and creating mayhem before the British army regained control. The Easter Rising provided the spark for the Irish revolution, a turning point in the violent history of Irish independence. In this highly original history, acclaimed scholar R. F. Foster explores the human dimension of this pivotal event. He focuses on the ordinary men and women, Yeats’s “vivid faces,” who rose “from counter or desk among grey / Eighteenth-century houses” and took to the streets. A generation made, not born, they rejected the inherited ways of the Church, their bourgeois families, and British rule. They found inspiration in the ideals of socialism and feminism, in new approaches to love, art, and belief. Drawing on fresh sources, including personal letters and diaries, Foster summons his characters to life. We meet Rosamond Jacob, who escaped provincial Waterford for bustling Dublin. On a jaunt through the city she might visit a modern art gallery, buy cigarettes, or read a radical feminist newspaper. She could practice the Irish language, attend a lecture on Freud, or flirt with a man who would later be executed for his radical activity. These became the roots of a rich life of activism in Irish and women’s causes. Vivid Faces shows how Rosamond and her peers were galvanized to action by a vertiginous sense of transformation: as one confided to his diary, “I am changing and things around me change.” Politics had fused with the intimacies of love and belief, making the Rising an event not only of the streets but also of the hearts and minds of a generation.

Drámaí an Phiarsaigh

Author : Padraic Pearse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780716531555
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Drámaí an Phiarsaigh written by Padraic Pearse and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first complete edition of Patrick Pearse's extant plays (in English and Irish) also includes his most significant writings about the nature of the theatre in early 20th-century Ireland. His plays were highlights of the Cultural Revival and drew a who's who of literary and political figures to productions in St. Enda's, the Abbey Theatre, and Jones Road (Croke Park) in the years preceding the 1916 Easter Rising. Each work is annotated and illustrated with contemporary photographs, and each is placed in its historical, social, and political contexts. The book makes Pearse's plays readily available to those wishing to stage productions, and it also provides a complete reference source for those who seek a better understanding one of the iconic figures of the Easter Rising. The annotated plays and commentary provide fascinating insights into the cultural, imaginative, and intellectual life and times of a man who helped shape one of the defining moments in Irish history. Pearse's essays on the subject of the theatre and its role in the cultural work of Irish nationalism are also included. *** "[the book] draws attention to an often neglected aspect of the career of a man whose contemporary significance and subsequent legacy remains disputed almost one hundred years after his death....the editors are to be particularly commended for their bilingual, multidisciplinary approach to Pearse's work as a dramatist....the collection is consequently a major contribution to 'the momentum building towards the centenary year of 2016.' - Irish Literary Supplement, Vol.34, No.1, Fall 2014Ã?Â?Ã?Â?

Books Ireland

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Books Ireland written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pádraic Mac Piarais

Author : Roisín Higgins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Pádraic Mac Piarais written by Roisín Higgins and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: P.H. Pearse is one of the most contested figures in Irish history and, as an abstracted and abused icon, he has become increasingly detached from the writings and actions of the man. Despite his influence over twentieth-century Irish history and culture, Pearse has been under-studied in recent decades. This volume of essays redresses this academic imbalance and provides a long-overdue study. The Life and After-Life of P.H. Pearse brings together the work of an exciting range of leading contemporary scholars, such as Declan Kiberd, Joost Augusteijn, Angela Bourke and Thomas Hennessey. The book examines personal and family influences and reassesses Pearse as an educationalist, journalist, Irish language advocate, short story writer, radical thinker and political figure. The book revisits the life of Pearse with a view to his relevance to present day theories and teachings on history, language, literature and culture and presents a complete critical work in the lead up to the 100 year commemoration of his death.

Selected Poems of James Clarence Mangan

Author : James Clarence Mangan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Selected Poems of James Clarence Mangan written by James Clarence Mangan and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849), the greatest Irish poet before Yeats, was for a long time both famous and unknown. While legends about him prospered after his death, his works remained largely unread. Only recently have his poems been collected by an international team of scholars and published by Irish Academic Press. It is from this four-volume edition that the present selection has been made. Containing upwards of 230 annotated poems, it provides the general reader with a more complete view of Mangan's many-faceted genius than has hitherto been available.

The Companion to Irish Traditional Music

Author : Fintan Vallely
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814788028
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Companion to Irish Traditional Music written by Fintan Vallely and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Companion to Irish Traditional Music is not just the ideal reference for the interested enthusiast and session player, it also provides a unique resource for every library, school and home with an interest in the distinctive rituals, qualities and history of Irish traditional music and song."--BOOK JACKET.

Cú Chulainn

Author : Daragh Smyth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Cú Chulainn written by Daragh Smyth and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the life story of Iron Age hero Cu Chulainn, who was the greatest hero of an heroic age centred on Ulster and North Leinster providing a history of Iron Age Ulster and its customs. Working from his own translations from the Old Irish and from edited manuscript sources, the author has crafted a scholarly account of the life of Cu Chulainn.

All Dressed Up

Author : Joan FitzPatrick Dean
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815652844
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book All Dressed Up written by Joan FitzPatrick Dean and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early twentieth century, publicly staged productions of significant historical, political, and religious events became increasingly popular—and increasingly grand—in Ireland. These public pageants, a sort of precursor to today’s opening ceremonies at the Olympic games, mobilized huge numbers of citizens to present elaborately staged versions of Irish identity based on both history and myth. Complete with marching bands, costumes, fireworks, and mock battles, these spectacles were suffused with political and national significance. Dean explores the historical significance of these pageants, explaining how their popularity correlated to political or religious imperatives in twentieth-century Ireland. She uncovers unpublished archival findings to present scripts, programs, and articles covering these events. The book also includes over thirty photographs of pageants, program covers, and detailed designs for costumes to convey the grandeur of the historical pageants at the beginning of the century and their decline in production standards in the 1970s and 1980s. Tracing the Irish historical pageant phenomenon through the twentieth century, Dean presents a nation contending with the violence and political upheaval of the present by reimagining the past.

Poems

Author : James Clarence Mangan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Poems written by James Clarence Mangan and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Back Roads Ireland

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465407642
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book Back Roads Ireland written by and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in PDF format. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Back Roads Ireland vacation driving tour guidebook reveals the secret gems and hidden delights that can only be discovered along the Emerald Isle's most scenic routes and back roads. Twenty-five themed drives, each lasting one to five days, introduces travelers to the soul of Ireland--from the golden beaches of Cork and the spectacular Sheep's Head peninsula to the bushy glens of classic Northern Ireland and spellbinding caverns of the lakelands. Along the way, these driving tours of Ireland highlight day-trips and activities such as walks and hikes, bird-watching and beach strolls, islands and lighthouses, and children's attractions. Pass by ancient stone circles and megalithic tombs, Celtic crosses, medieval castles, and stately homes. Practical information, such as road conditions, lengths of drives, and zip codes for GPS devices, accompanies the complete itineraries and pull-out map, as do listings for the best-value hotels, intimate guesthouses, local produce-friendly restaurants, and cozy pubs. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Back Roads Ireland leads travelers to the most authentic and delightful experiences the country has to offer.

DK Eyewitness Back Roads Ireland

Author : DK Eyewitness
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 074404443X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book DK Eyewitness Back Roads Ireland written by DK Eyewitness and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover Ireland's hidden gems on 25 leisurely drives through the country's diverse landscape-from Belfast and the rugged Mourne Mountains to the magical Ring of Kerry. The ebook includes practical information for exploring the 32 counties of Ireland, including zip codes for use with GPS, rules of the road, driving tips, and ideas for outdoor activities, stunning walks, and whiskey-tasting. There are also recommendations for the best-value hotels and restaurants specializing in regional produce.