Tragedy and Irish literature -Synge, O’Casey, Beckett

Tragedy and Irish literature -Synge, O’Casey, Beckett
In Tragedy and Irish Literature, McDonald considers the culture of suffering, loss, and guilt in the work of J.M. Synge, Sean O'Casey and Samuel Beckett. He applies external ideas of tragedy to the three dramatists and also discerns particular sorts of tragedy within their own work. While alert to the real differences between the three writers, the book also traces common themes and preoccupations. It identifies a conflict between form and content, between heightened language and debased reality as the hallmark of Irish tragedy.
Contents:
Introduction: The Loss of Tragic Value and the Value of Tragic Loss
A Gallous Story or a Dirty Deed?: J.M.Synge and the Tragedy of Evasion
Delusion and Disillusionment: Sean O'Casey's Early Drama and the Tragedy of Meliorism
Beyond Tragedy: Samuel Beckett and the Art of Confusion
Afterword
Author Biographies:
RONAN McDONALD is a Lecturer in English at the University of Reading. He is co-editor of Bullán: An Irish Studies Journal and author of numerous articles and reviews on English and Irish writing.
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Keywords: english drama, literature, irish authors, J.M. Synge, Synge, Sean O'Casey, O'Casey, Samuel Beckett, Beckett