The Form of the Nation Made Perfect: The Politics of Irish Historical Drama

by Julie Gerber and Maureen S.G Hawkins

A new study of the political and social context of selected Irish historical dramas of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Includes both thematic analyses of plays dealing with Robert Emmet and Brian Boru as well as individual analyses of plays by Dion Boucicault Brian Friel, Denis Johnson, Lady Gregory, Thoms Shadwell, W.B. Yeats.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930901445
• ISBN13: 9781930901445
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Academica Press
• Length: 214 Pages