01356nam a2200289 a 4500 EDZ0000072913 StDuBDS 20150804193949.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 090415s2009 enk fo 001 0 eng|d 9780191721670 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PR5534 822.912 22 Burke, Mary (Mary M.) 'Tinkers' [electronic resource] : Synge and the cultural history of the Irish traveller / Mary Burke. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. 1 online resource (344 p.) 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. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909 Criticism and interpretation. Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) in literature. Print version 9780199566464 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566464.001.0001 38681 38681