'Tinkers' [electronic resource] : Synge and the cultural history of the Irish traveller / Mary Burke. Burke, Mary (Mary M.) Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909 Criticism and interpretation. Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) in literature. PR5534 822.912 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Irish playwright J.M. Synge created influential but misunderstood representations of travellers or 'tinkers'. This work traces the history of the 'tinker' back to medieval Irish historiography and English Renaissance literature and forward to contemporary US screen depictions. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. 2009. 2009 Text 1 online resource (344 p.) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566464.001.0001 eng