Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory The Politics of Identity in Irish Drama: W.B. Yeats, Augusta Gregory and J.M. Synge, (Hardcover)

This study examines the early dramatic works of Yeats, Synge, and Gregory in the context of late colonial Ireland's unique socio-political landscape. Cusack demonstrates the complex negotiation of nationalism, class, and gender identities undertaken by these authors in the years leading up to Ireland's revolution.