Bernard Shaw, Sean O'Casey, and the Dead James Connolly

by Nelson O’Ceallaigh Ritschel

Book Overview

This book details the Irish socialistic tracks pursued by Bernard Shaw and Sean O'Casey, mostly after 1916, that were arguably impacted by the executed James Connolly. The historical context is carefully unearthed, stretching from its 1894 roots via W. B. Yeats' dream of Shaw as a menacing, yet grinning sewing machine, to Shaw's and O'Casey's 1928 masterworks. In the process, Shaw's War Issues for Irishmen, Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030742768
• ISBN13: 9783030742768
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"