Poulain, Alexandra
Irish Drama, Modernity and the Passion Play
1. Introduction
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Part I. Synge, Irish Modernity and the Passion Play
2. “Unseen Forms of Violence”: J. M. Synge and the Playboy of the Modern World
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Part II. The Passion of 1916
3. Anticipating the Rising: Pedagogy, Sacrifice and Theatre in Padraic Pearse’s Plays
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4. Framing the Rising: W. B. Yeats’s
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5. Saint Joan’s Unheard Voices: G. B. Shaw and the Passion Play
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6. Re-Directing the Passion Play: Seán O’Casey’s
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Part III. After Revolution: Re-inventing Ireland
7. Reclaiming Robert Emmet: Denis Johnston’s
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8. Nationalism, Abjection and the Reinvention of Ireland in Behan’s
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9. Intimate Passions: Thomas Kilroy’s
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10. Open Mouths: Brian Friel’s
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Part IV. The Artist’s Passion
11. Torture and Passion: Opened Bodies in Samuel Beckett’s
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12. The Seduction of Silence: Ethical Interpellations in W. B. Yeats’s
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Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Theatre History, Performing Arts, British and Irish Literature, Religion and Society
- Author(s)
- Poulain, Alexandra
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2016
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 12 pages
- Category
- Art, Art History
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781349949632
- Printed ISBN
- 978-1-349-94962-5