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Beneath Ierne's Banners: Irish Protestant Drama of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century
Christopher J. Wheatley
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Paperback. This volume examines the works by Protestant dramatists of the 18th century. The author reveals the complex alliances and fissures of Anglo-Irish society during the age of the Penal Laws. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBD; DSG; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
The Dublin stage of the Restoration and the 18th century has largely been dismissed as "West British" and its plays for the most part have been forgotten. This book examines the works by Protestant dramatists that reveal the complex alliance and fissures of Anglo-Irish society during the age of the Penal Laws. From Richard Head's Hic et Ubique (1663) to Mary O'Brien's The Fallen Patriot (1790), Wheatley shows how selected plays demonstrate that the Irish Protestants were far from a monolithic caste united by the shared interest of maintaining control over the Catholic majority. He traces the slow transition by ... Read more
The Dublin stage of the Restoration and the 18th century has largely been dismissed as "West British" and its plays for the most part have been forgotten. This book examines the works by Protestant dramatists that reveal the complex alliance and fissures of Anglo-Irish society during the age of the Penal Laws. From Richard Head's Hic et Ubique (1663) to Mary O'Brien's The Fallen Patriot (1790), Wheatley shows how selected plays demonstrate that the Irish Protestants were far from a monolithic caste united by the shared interest of maintaining control over the Catholic majority. He traces the slow transition by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Univ of Notre Dame Pr
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268021580
SKU
V9780268021580
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About Christopher J. Wheatley
Christopher J. Wheatley is Ordinary Professor of English at the Catholic University of America.
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