Myth and Reality in Irish LiteratureJoseph Ronsley Myth and Reality in Irish Literature offers a rich collection of essays covering a wide spectrum of Irish literature from the early medieval saints and scholars to twentieth century writers such as Joyce and Beckett. Lady Gregory, Synge, Yeats, O'Casey and Myles na Gopaleen are among the poets, playwrights, critics, and authors treated in the book. The essays are written from both a personal and a scholarly perspective. Contributors to the volume include the Irish authors Denis Johnston, Thomas Kilroy, Kate O'Brien and Thomas Kinsella, and scholars David Greene, Denis Donoghue, Ann Saddlemyer and Shotaro Oshima. Of interest to students of English Literature as well as observers of the Irish scene, this book is of particular value to students of Irish heritage and literature. |
Contents
A PANEL DISCUSSION | 1 |
SAINTS SCHOLARS AND OTHERS 500800 AD | 17 |
AFTER ALL WHAT IS WANTED BUT A HAG AND A VOICE? | 29 |
AE AS A LITERARY CRITIC | 41 |
NAKED TRUTH FINE CLOTHES AND FINE PHRASES IN SYNGES PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD | 63 |
HOPKINS YEATS AND DUBLIN IN THE EIGHTIES | 77 |
THE QUESTION OF SYMBOLISM | 99 |
YEATS AND THE DIALOGUE POEM | 117 |
MURPHY IN ITS TIME | 197 |
BECKETT THE CAMERA AND JACK MACGOWRAN | 219 |
GIACOSA PRAGA ORIANI AND JOYCE | 227 |
JOYCE EROS AND ARRAY SURRECTION | 239 |
THE SYMBOLISM OF HOUSE SETTINGS IN MODERN IRISH STAGE PLAYS | 255 |
RECURRENT PATTERNS IN OCASEYS DRAMA | 265 |
THE REALISM OF DENIS JOHNSTON | 281 |
MYLES NA GOPALEEN | 297 |
YEATS AS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL POET | 129 |
EIGHT LINES OF YEATS | 149 |
BETWEEN SHAPES AND SHADOWS | 175 |
YEATS AND BECKETT | 183 |
IMAGINATIVE PROSE BY THE IRISH 18201970 | 305 |
A CASE FOR THEIR ABANDONMENT | 317 |