J. M. Synge's Plays, Poems And Prose
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few voices in the canon of Irish literature ring with the raw, lyrical urgency of John Millington Synge, and this essential Everyman's Library collection brings together the full breadth of his genius in a single definitive volume. From the tragicomic brilliance of The Playboy of the Western World to the stark grief of Riders to the Sea, the plays chronicle life along Ireland's rugged western seaboard with an authenticity that startled audiences and ignited controversy from the very first curtain call. The poems and prose pieces gathered alongside them reveal a writer of extraordinary sensitivity, one who transformed the cadences of Irish peasant speech into something approaching high art. With an illuminating introduction by Micheál Mac Liammóir — himself one of Ireland's most celebrated theatrical figures — this edition situates Synge's work within the broader context of the Irish Literary Revival, a movement that sought to reclaim a national identity through storytelling, myth, and the spoken word. Synge's style is deceptively simple on the surface, yet charged beneath with a fatalism and dark humour that have secured his place among the great dramatists of the twentieth century. For anyone who has yet to encounter the wind-bitten landscapes and passionate souls that populate these pages, a singular and unforgettable literary experience awaits.
Author: J. M. Synge
Format: Hardback
Genre: Plays
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few voices in the canon of Irish literature ring with the raw, lyrical urgency of John Millington Synge, and this essential Everyman's Library collection brings together the full breadth of his genius in a single definitive volume. From the tragicomic brilliance of The Playboy of the Western World to the stark grief of Riders to the Sea, the plays chronicle life along Ireland's rugged western seaboard with an authenticity that startled audiences and ignited controversy from the very first curtain call. The poems and prose pieces gathered alongside them reveal a writer of extraordinary sensitivity, one who transformed the cadences of Irish peasant speech into something approaching high art. With an illuminating introduction by Micheál Mac Liammóir — himself one of Ireland's most celebrated theatrical figures — this edition situates Synge's work within the broader context of the Irish Literary Revival, a movement that sought to reclaim a national identity through storytelling, myth, and the spoken word. Synge's style is deceptively simple on the surface, yet charged beneath with a fatalism and dark humour that have secured his place among the great dramatists of the twentieth century. For anyone who has yet to encounter the wind-bitten landscapes and passionate souls that populate these pages, a singular and unforgettable literary experience awaits.