Focusing on plays (Richard II, Henry V, and Hamlet) which appear prominently in the writing of the Irish nationalist movement of the early twentieth century, this study explores how Irish writers such as Sean O’Casey, Samuel Beckett, W. B. Yeats, G. B. Shaw, James Joyce, and Seamus Heaney resisted English cultural colonization through a combination of reappropriation and critique of Shakespeare's work.
| ISBN: | 9780415875769 |
| Publication date: | 21st October 2009 |
| Author: | Robin Bates |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 172 pages |
| Series: | Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: plays and playwrights Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Nationalism |