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1 online resource (xi, 307 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Drama and performance studies ; v. 14
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Drama and performance studies ; v. 14.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index. |
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Introduction: bodies and blood -- Body and soul: Yeats, the Famine, and the two Cathleens -- Under siege: blood, borders, and the body politic -- Excess of love: Padraig Pearse and the erotics of sacrifice -- The body of truth: sensationalism and sacrifice in Sean O'Casey's Dublin trilogy -- Misbirth of a nation: Yeats and the Irish Free State. |
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Gender and Modern Irish Drama argues that the representations of sacrificial violence central to the work of the Abbey playwrights are intimately linked with constructions of gender and sexuality. Susan Cannon Harris goes beyond an examination of the relationship between Irish national drama and Irish nationalist politics to the larger question of the way national identity and gender identity are constructed through each other. Radically redefining the context in which the Abbey plays were performed, Harr. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 -- Dramatic works.
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Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939. |
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Drama. |
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Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 -- Characters -- Women.
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Yeats, W. |
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English drama -- Irish authors -- History and criticism.
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English drama -- Irish authors. |
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Women and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
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Women and literature. |
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Ireland. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Feminism and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
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Feminism and literature. |
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English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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English drama. |
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Human body in literature.
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Human body in literature. |
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Sex role in literature.
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Sex role in literature. |
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Women in literature.
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Women in literature. |
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Ireland -- In literature.
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1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books |
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Electronic books.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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Online-Publikation.
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Body, Human, in literature.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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English drama -- Irish authors.
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History.
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History and criticism.
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English drama -- History and criticism -- 20th century.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harris, Susan C. (Susan Cannon), 1969- Gender and modern Irish drama. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2002 0253341175 (DLC) 2001006882 (OCoLC)48451193 |
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0253109736 (electronic book) |
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9780253109736 (electronic book) |
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0253341175 (alkaline paper) |
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9780253341174 (alkaline paper) |
