'Tinkers'
Synge and the cultural history of the Irish traveller
Burke, Mary (Mary M.)
creator
text
enk
Oxford
Oxford University Press
2009
monographic
eng
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.
specialized
Mary Burke.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
1871-1909
Criticism and interpretation
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) in literature
PR5534
822.912
9780191721670 (ebook) :
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566464.001.0001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566464.001.0001
StDuBDS
090415
20150804193949.0
EDZ0000072913