Twentieth century interpretations of The playboy of the Western World, a collection of critical essays.
Edited by Thomas R. Whitaker.
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1969]
- iii, 122 pages 21 cm.
- Twentieth century interpretations A Spectrum book .
Introduction: On playing with The playboy, by T.R. Whitaker.--J.M. Synge and the Ireland of his time, by W.B. Yeats.--Synge's poetic drama, by U. Ellis-Fermor.--A player's reflections on Playboy, by C. Cusack.--The playboy of the Western World, by T.R. Henn.--Synge's Playboy; morality and the hero, by N. Podhoretz.--The making of The playboy, by P.M. Spacks.--Synge's playboy as mock-Christ, by H.D. Pearce.--The composition of The Playboy, by D.H. Greene.--Synge's idiom, by R. Peacock.--The realist basis of surreality, by H. Howarth.--On playing with the audience, by J.L. Styan.--Bibliography (p. 121-122).
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Synge, J. M. 1871-1909. Playboy of the western world.