Lady Gregory and Irish National Theatre

Art, Drama, Politics

AvEglantina Remport

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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This book is the first comprehensive critical assessment of the aesthetic and social ideals of Lady Augusta Gregory, founder, patron, director, and dramatist of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-12-15
Mått:148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt:326 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bernard Shaw and His Contemporaries
Antal sidor:237
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030095345

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Eglantina Remport is Senior Lecturer in the School of English and American Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, where she teaches modern Irish literature, Victorian literature, and Modernist literature. She holds a Ph.D. from the School of English, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- 2. “My Education:” Sir William Gregory, the Grand Tours, and the Visual Arts.- 3. “The ‘whorl’ of Troy:” Celtic Mythology, Victorian Hellenism, and the Irish Literary Revival.- 4. “Ní neart go cur le chéile:” Education, Social Reform, and the Abbey Theatre.- 5. “See a play as a picture:” the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the Sister Arts, and the Irish Plays.- 6. The Light of the World: Christianity, Cultural Politics, and Constitutional Reform.- 7. Conclusion.