'Tinkers' : Synge and the cultural history of the Irish traveller / Mary Burke.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: 328 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780199566464 (hbk.) :
- 9780199566464 (Cloth)
- Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Ethnic groups -- Ireland -- History
- 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
- 820.93529916 BUR
- PR5534
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 820.93529916 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00212820 |
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.