'Tinkers' : Synge and the cultural history of the Irish traveller /
Burke, Mary.
'Tinkers' : Synge and the cultural history of the Irish traveller / Mary Burke. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. - 328 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Irish and British literary antecedents of the Revival tinker; 2. Synge\'s negotiation of constructs of the tinker; 3. Playboys of the Eastern World: Synge\'s bohemian tinkers and pre-Celtic Islanders; 4. Reaffirming sedentary values: The tinker in post-Revival drama and prose; 5. The end of the \'tinker\': Irish writing after Traveller politicization; 6. Screening the Travel(l)er.
Irish playwright J.M. Synge created influential but misunderstood representations of travellers or 'tinkers'. This work traces the history of the 'tinker' back to medieval Irish historiography and English Renaissance literature and forward to contemporary US screen depictions.
9780199566464 (hbk.) : £50.00 9780199566464 (Cloth)
Synge, J. M. 1871-1909 --Criticism and interpretation.
Ethnic groups--History--Ireland
Irish travellers (Nomadic people)--Historiography
National characteristics, Irish, in literature.
Other (Philosophy) in literature.
Marginality, Social, in literature.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Nomads in literature.
English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) in literature.
Literature.
Film history, theory & criticism
Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Cultural studies
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
PR5534
820.93529916 BUR
'Tinkers' : Synge and the cultural history of the Irish traveller / Mary Burke. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. - 328 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Irish and British literary antecedents of the Revival tinker; 2. Synge\'s negotiation of constructs of the tinker; 3. Playboys of the Eastern World: Synge\'s bohemian tinkers and pre-Celtic Islanders; 4. Reaffirming sedentary values: The tinker in post-Revival drama and prose; 5. The end of the \'tinker\': Irish writing after Traveller politicization; 6. Screening the Travel(l)er.
Irish playwright J.M. Synge created influential but misunderstood representations of travellers or 'tinkers'. This work traces the history of the 'tinker' back to medieval Irish historiography and English Renaissance literature and forward to contemporary US screen depictions.
9780199566464 (hbk.) : £50.00 9780199566464 (Cloth)
Synge, J. M. 1871-1909 --Criticism and interpretation.
Ethnic groups--History--Ireland
Irish travellers (Nomadic people)--Historiography
National characteristics, Irish, in literature.
Other (Philosophy) in literature.
Marginality, Social, in literature.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Nomads in literature.
English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) in literature.
Literature.
Film history, theory & criticism
Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Cultural studies
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
PR5534
820.93529916 BUR