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MATTHEWS:REVIVAL-THE ABBEY THEATRE HB(R)
P.J. Mathews
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paperback. This text offers a reappraisal of the Irish Revival by focusing on the progressive energies of self-help movements such as the Abbey Theatre, Sinn Fein and the Co-operative Movement. Series: Critical Conditions: Field Day Essays. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
This book works against the orthodoxy that the Irish Revival was as a purely mystical affair of high culture characterised by a preoccupation with a backward-looking Celtic spirituality, nostalgia for Gaelic Ireland and an obsessive anti-modern traditionalism. The central argument advanced is that the Irish Revival can be understood as a progressive period that witnessed the co-operation of various self-help movements--the Abbey Theatre, the Gaelic League and the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society--to encourage local modes of material and cultural development. What bound these disparate groups together was their readiness to use traditional cultural forms as the basis for an alternative ... Read more
This book works against the orthodoxy that the Irish Revival was as a purely mystical affair of high culture characterised by a preoccupation with a backward-looking Celtic spirituality, nostalgia for Gaelic Ireland and an obsessive anti-modern traditionalism. The central argument advanced is that the Irish Revival can be understood as a progressive period that witnessed the co-operation of various self-help movements--the Abbey Theatre, the Gaelic League and the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society--to encourage local modes of material and cultural development. What bound these disparate groups together was their readiness to use traditional cultural forms as the basis for an alternative ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
Series
Critical Conditions: Field Day Essays
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781859183656
SKU
9781859183656
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About P.J. Mathews
P.J. Mathews is Lecturer in English, St Patrick's College, Drumcondra.
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