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Toni O’Brien Johnson.
Synge: The Medieval and the Grotesque.
Published Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1982.
Series: Irish Literary Studies 11.
ISBN 0861401042.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Billing & Sons, London & Worcester.
Size: 142x222x20mm.
Page count: viii,209pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is rather worn at the edges, and quite discoloured on its unprinted side; some bumps and general wear to the boards and spine; looks in good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £15.00
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[Publisher’s price £25.00]
Weight without packaging: 401g.

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Discusses the importance of J. M. Synge's studies under two medievalists at the Sorbonne, and examines the uses he makes of medieval material in his drama.

Contents: Well of the Saints & the question of genre; Playboy of the Western World — medieval analogues; Deirdre of the Sorrows; Translation; Folly; Incongruity; Ugliness; The comic; Conclusion.

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 8pp
Index: yes

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See also | Medievalism: non‑fiction | Modern drama |
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