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The Cambridge companion to J.M. Synge / edited by P.J. Mathews. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xv, 194 p. ; 24 cm. ; pbk. - Cambridge companions to authors . - Cambridge companions to literature. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-190) and index

The Synge texts. Re-thinking Synge / P.J. Mathews -- The Shadow of the glen and Riders to the sea / Oona Frawley -- The playboy of the western world / Shaun Richards -- The well of the saints and The tinker's wedding / Mary Burke -- The Aran Islands and the travel essays / Elaine Sisson -- Deirdre of the sorrows / Declan Kiberd -- Theorising Synge. J.M. Synge: European encounters / Ben Levitas -- Synge and the Irish language / Alan Titley -- Synge and gender / Susan Cannon Harris -- Postcolonial Synge / C.L. Innes -- Synge and Irish modernism / Greogry Dobbins -- Synge on stage. Synge in performance / Nicholas Grene -- J.M. Synge in America / Brenda Murphy -- Synge and contemporary Irish drama / Anthony Roche -- Select bibliography.

ISBN: 9780521110105 0521110106 9780521125161 (pbk.) 0521125162 (pbk.) 9780521110105: £45.00

LCCN: 2010290149

Subjects--Personal Names:
Synge, J. M. 1871-1909 --Criticism and interpretation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Literature.
Biography, literature & literary studies
Literary studies: general
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Literary studies: plays & playwrights
English
Ireland
Literature: history & criticism

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Ireland--In literature.

Dewey Class. No.: 822.912