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Canadian novelist whose fame is based on dark naturalistic works that deal frankly and realistically with pioneer life on the Canadian prairies,Frederick Philip Grove wrote a series of prairie novels, including Our Daily Bread, in the pages of which the author elaborates on the tragic story of John Elliot, a turn-of-the-century prairie patriarch struggling with the elements of fate and nature. this is one of his most successful novels.
Beginning with Synge s Riders to the Sea, generally considered the best one-act play ever written, this volume contains some of the masterpieces of world literature in this shorter genre. Among others, plays from the pens of Chekov, Tennessee Williams and Conan Doyle are included.
In a volume that has become a standard text in Irish studies and serves as a course-friendly alternative to the Field Day anthology, editors Maureen O’Rourke Murphy and James MacKillop survey thirteen centuries of Irish literature, including Old Irish epic and lyric poetry, Irish folksongs, and drama. For each author the editors provide a biographical sketch, a brief discussion of how his or her selections relate to a larger body of work, and a selected bibliography. In addition, this new volume includes a larger sampling of women writers.
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Woven Shades of Green is an annotated selection of literature by authors who focus on the natural world and the beauty of Ireland. It begins with the Irish monks and their largely anonymous nature poetry, written at a time when Ireland was heavily forested. A section follows devoted to the changing Irish landscape, through both deforestation and famine, including the nature poetry of William Allingham, and James Clarence Mangan, essays from Thomas Gainford and William Thackerary, and novel excerpts from William Carleton and Emily Lawless. The anthology then turns to the nature literature of the Irish Literary Revival, including Yeats and Synge, and an excerpt from George Moore’s novel The ...
Two lyrical, beautifully crafted dramas set among the folk of the Aran Islands and western Irish coastlands. Reprinted from authoritative editions, complete with Synge's preface to The Playboy of the Western World. New introductory Note.
The playwright J. M. Synge was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and was one of the co-founders of the Abbey Theatre. Today he is best known for his controversial play ‘The Playboy of the Western World’, which caused riots in Dublin during its opening run. Synge's writings are chiefly concerned with the world of the Roman Catholic peasants of rural Ireland and with what he saw as the essential paganism of their world view. He was a poetic dramatist of great power, whose modern plays are celebrated for their sophisticated craftsmanship. For the first time in digital publishing, this eBook presents Synge’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative intr...
Experience the raw power of the sea and the depths of human emotion in Riders to the Sea by J. M. Synge. This poignant one-act play transports readers to the Aran Islands, where the relentless waves of the Atlantic serve as both a setting and a character in this haunting tale of loss and resilience. As the story unfolds, we meet Maurya, a mother beset by grief and fear, struggling against the tragic fate that seems to haunt her family. But consider this: What does it truly mean to confront the forces of nature that threaten our very existence? How do we find strength in the face of overwhelming despair?Synge masterfully weaves themes of fate, sacrifice, and the indomitable spirit of women in...