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MORAN:STAGING THE EASTER RISING H/B (R)
James Moran
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Description for MORAN:STAGING THE EASTER RISING H/B (R)
Hardcover. With a focus on gender, this exploration since William Thompson's 1967 classic, "The Imagination of an Insurrection", offers insights into the studied theatricality of the Rising. This book argues that the Rising set out to proclaim sexual equality as well as political independence, but that, the rebels' radical ideas about gender were ignored. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: AN; HBJD1; HBLW; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
An exciting new interpretation of 1916 as theatre and its later representation on the stage, with a particular focus on gender. This is the most original exploration of representations of the 1916 Rising since William Irwin Thompson's 1967 classic, The Imagination of an Insurrection . It offers new insights into the studied theatricality of the rising, in the context of plays by Pearse and MacDonagh and a rediscovered play of Connolly's, Under Which Flag? The book argues that the Rising set out to proclaim sexual equality as well as political independence, but that, while the myth of ... Read more
An exciting new interpretation of 1916 as theatre and its later representation on the stage, with a particular focus on gender. This is the most original exploration of representations of the 1916 Rising since William Irwin Thompson's 1967 classic, The Imagination of an Insurrection . It offers new insights into the studied theatricality of the rising, in the context of plays by Pearse and MacDonagh and a rediscovered play of Connolly's, Under Which Flag? The book argues that the Rising set out to proclaim sexual equality as well as political independence, but that, while the myth of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
260
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781859184011
SKU
V9781859184011
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About James Moran
James Moran Lectures in Drama and Performance at Nottingham University
Reviews for MORAN:STAGING THE EASTER RISING H/B (R)
'Both stylistically and conceptually, the author works in broad vivid strokes, ultimately producing a book that re-imagines familiar territory in an original and often unexpected way. This is a brave book, one that wades into the undergrowth of some of the bigger and more perilous jungles of Irish cultural debate: Yeats, Casement, the women of 1916, the Abbey and elitism, ... Read more