Complete Works J.M Synge (Wordsworth Poetry Library)

Complete Works J.M Synge (Wordsworth Poetry Library)

Edited and with an Introduction by Aidan Arrowsmith, Manchester Metropolitan University The literary and dramatic work of J.M. Synge is most famous for the riots provoked by his 1907 play The Playboy of the Western World and, indeed, this was neither the first nor the last time that Synge's dramas incited passionate disagreements. But, one hundred years on, it's clear that his writings are amongst Ireland's most brilliant and significant, as well as controversial. Here, for the first time, a single volume collects all of Synge's published plays, including Playboy, along with his Poetry and Translations, and the prose works that detail his travels in The Aran Islands, In Wicklow, In Kerry and In Connemara. These are works of lasting and universal value, bringing together the sensibilities of Romanticism and Modernism, and arguing passionately for the freedom of the imagination. At the outset of the twentieth century, they not only gripped audiences with their drama, poetry and humour, they also shaped discussions about the formation of the Irish nation. Now, reading these works together in one volume reveals Synge's value system and shines a penetrating light on a key period in Irish history. A new Introduction by Aidan Arrowsmith, of Manchester Metropolitan University, explains Synge s relationship to the intense political turmoil out of which his writing emerged
Country USA
Brand Wordsworth Editions
Manufacturer Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber RKC2009249107
UnitCount 1
UPCs 001840221518
EANs 9781840221510
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Wordsworth Editions
Manufacturer	Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	RKC2009249107
UnitCount	1
UPCs	001840221518
EANs	9781840221510
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Complete Works J.M Synge (Wordsworth Poetry Library)

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