Lady Gregory and Irish National Theatre

Addresses for the first time Ruskin's immense influence on the period of the Irish Revival Represents a pioneering study of the influence of nineteenth-century aesthetic, social and political movements on artistic and social discourse in Ireland at the beginning of the twentieth century

Combines the latest research within the field of Irish Studies with that within the field of Victorian Studies

Autorentext
Eglantina Remport is Senior Lecturer in the School of English and American Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, where she teaches modern Irish literature, Victorian literature, and Modernist literature. She holds a Ph.D. from the School of English, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. My Education: Sir William Gregory, the Grand Tours, and the Visual Arts.- 3. The 'whorl' of Troy: Celtic Mythology, Victorian Hellenism, and the Irish Literary Revival.- 4. Ní neart go cur le chéile: Education, Social Reform, and the Abbey Theatre.- 5. See a play as a picture: the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the Sister Arts, and the Irish Plays.- 6. The Light of the World: Christianity, Cultural Politics, and Constitutional Reform.- 7. Conclusion.