Performing character in modern Irish drama : between art and society

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Lachman, Michał, author

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"This book is about the history of character in modern Irish drama. It traces the changing fortunes of the human self in a variety of major Irish plays across the twentieth century and the beginnin...

"This book is about the history of character in modern Irish drama. It traces the changing fortunes of the human self in a variety of major Irish plays across the twentieth century and the beginning of the new millennium. Through the analysis of dramatic protagonists ...it tracks the development of aesthetic and literary styles from modernism to more recent phenomena ... In this context, Irish drama appears to be both part of the European literary tradition, engaging with its most contentious issues, and a field of resistance to some conventions from continental centres of avant-garde experimentation"--Page 4 of cover.

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