Shakespeare and Twentieth-Century Irish Drama - Conceptualizing Identity and Staging Boundaries (Paperback)

Exploring the influence of Shakespeare on drama in Ireland, the author examines works by two representative playwrights: Sean O'Casey (1880-1964) and Brian Friel (1929-). Shakespeare's plays, grounded in history, nationalism, and imperialism, are resurrected, rewritten, and reinscribed in twentieth-century Irish drama, while Irish plays, in turn, historicize the Subject/Object relationship of England and Ireland. In particular, the author argues, Irish dramatists' appropriations of Shakespeare were both a reaction to the language of domination and a means to support their revision of the Irish as Subject. This study reveals that Shakespeare's plays embody an empathy for the Irish Other. As she investigates Shakespeare's commiseration with marginalized peoples and the anticolonial underpinnings in his texts, the author situates Shakespeare between the English discourse that claims him and the Irish discourse that assimilates him.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2020
First published:	2008
Authors:	Rebecca Steinberger
Dimensions:	153 x 219 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	130
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-62053-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
LSN:	1-138-62053-X
Barcode:	9781138620537

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