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Shakespeare and the Irish Writer (Paperback)
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There is a long history in Ireland of performing, studying and
responding to Shakespeare's plays. Transposed to an Irish context,
Shakespeare has continued to be a source of creative engagement and
discussion for Irish writers. This new collection of essays
explores the dynamic responses to Shakespeare by Irish writers, in
both English and in Irish, since the early twentieth century.
Written by leading Irish and international scholars in the fields
of Shakespeare and Irish studies "Shakespeare and the Irish Writer"
addresses the engagement with Shakespeare and his plays in the
works of Yeats, Wilde, Joyce, Bowen, Shaw, Beckett and McGuinness
as well as Irish language writers. It surveys Shakespeare's
reception in Ireland and suggests new ways of interpreting his work
and his cultural associations in and from Ireland. Indeed, the
collection reveals how the category 'Shakespeare and the Irish
Writer' discloses a level of cultural continuity across the
contours of the history of Ireland and Britain. What emerges is an
interaction with Shakespeare's plays that, whether emulative or
parodic, iconoclastic or subtly allusive, or a combination of
these, is complex and creative.These essays provide new insight
into Shakespeare's reception in Ireland, illustrating how his plays
have initiated a dialogue in Irish writing, and continue to do so.
They show how Irish responses to his work constitute a legitimate
form of criticism, enlarging understanding of Shakespeare in a
broader than national context. "Shakespeare and the Irish Writer"
will appeal to scholars of modern Irish writing and to Shakespeare
scholars, particularly those interested in the appropriation of the
many plays and their cultural afterlife.
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