The Glamour of Grammar: Orality and Politics and the Emergence of Sean O'Casey

by Colbert Kearney

Levels of education and, consequently, of literacy were low in the Dublin tenements at the beginning of the 20th century, and this facilitated the persistence of an oral tradition which stretched back for thousands of years. This book is an analysis of O'Casey's Abbey plays in the context of the oral culture in which they were set. Because they were powerless in a culture dominated by those who had reaped the advantages of education, the tenement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313313032
• ISBN13: 9780313313035
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.6"