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John Millington Synge, controversial in his own time and long established as a major figure of world theatre, has nonetheless suffered relative critical neglect.

Where his great contemporaries Yeats and Joyce and his outstanding successor Beckett have attracted whole industries of scholarly attention, Synge, by reason of his short life and limited output, has been relegated to the unconsidered category of minor classic.

This volume of essays, arising from lectures given at the Synge Summer School by some of the most distinguished writers and scholars of Irish literature, sets about the necessary task of interpreting Synge: his relation to cultural and theatrical contexts; the significance of his plays; the distinctive quality of his language and the thematic matrices of his work.

Four original poems, specially commissioned for the book, provide an imaginative counterpoint to the critical interpretation of the essays.

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ISBN/EAN 9781901866476
Author Nicholas Grene
Publisher Lilliput Press
Publication date 1 Jan 2000
Format Hardback
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Interpreting Synge: Essays from the Synge Summer School, 1991-2000

This volume of essays, arising from lectures given at the Synge Summer School by some of the most distinguished writers and scholars of Irish literature, sets about the necessary task of interpreting Synge.

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