Tragedy and Irish Literature Synge, O'Casey, Beckett
Description
In Tragedy and Irish Writing McDonald considers the culture of suffering, loss, and guilt in the work of Synge, O'Casey, and Beckett. He applies external ideas of tragedy to the three dramatists and also discerns particular sorts of tragedy within their own work. While alert to the real differences among the three, the book also traces common themes and preoccupations. It identifies a conflict between form and content, between heightened language and debased reality, as the hallmark of Irish tragedy.
Keywords
Literary CriticismEuropeanEnglish, Irish, Scottish, WelshDrama
2002Book
Author(s)Ronan McDonald
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780333923931
LanguageEnglish
