Twentieth century interpretations of The playboy of the Western World,

Whitaker, Thomas R.,

Twentieth century interpretations of The playboy of the Western World, a collection of critical essays. Edited by Thomas R. Whitaker. - Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1969] - iii, 122 p. 21 cm. - Twentieth century interpretations A Spectrum book .

Introduction: On playing with The playboy, by T. R. Whitaker.--J. M. Synge and the Ireland of his time, by W. B. Yeats.--Synge's poetic drama, by U. Ellis-Fermor.--A player's reflections on Playboy, by C. Cusack.--The playboy of the Western World, by T. R. Henn.--Synge's Playboy; morality and the hero, by N. Podhoretz.--The making of The playboy, by P. M. Spacks.--Synge's playboy as mock-Christ, by H. D. Pearce.--The composition of The Playboy, by D. H. Greene.--Synge's idiom, by R. Peacock.--The realist basis of surreality, by H. Howarth.--On playing with the audience, by J. L. Styan.--Bibliography (p. 121-122)

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Synge, J. M. 1871-1909. Playboy of the western world.


Ireland--In literature.

PR5532.P53 / W5

822.09 / WHT 1969

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