ISBN: 978-0-86140-008-9
21.6 x 13.8 cm.    x, 257 pp. 1981   Irish Literary Studies series (ISSN 0140-895X) volume  7

This volume was created to mark the centenary of the birth of Sean O’Casey. It covers every aspect of his life and work, with essays from leading scholars in the field of O’Casey studies: Ronald Ayling, Bernard Benstock, Mary FitzGerald, David Krause, Robert G. Lowery, William J. Maroldo, Alan Simp­son and Stanley Weintraub, to­gether with a Chronology and a list of productions of O’Casey’s plays, both by Robert G. Lowery. The subjects covered include O’Casey’s relations with the Abbey Theatre, Lady Gregory, W. B. Yeats, and Bernard Shaw together with assessments of the influence that James Joyce, politics, religion and Ireland had on the play­wright and his plays.

CONTENTS<br

SEAN O'CASEY: A CHRONOLOGY.  Robert G.Lowery<br

SEAN O'CASEY AND THE ABBEY THEATRE, DUBLIN.  Ronald Ayling<br

SEAN O'CASEY AND/OR JAMES JOYCE.  Bernard Benstock<br

SEAN O'CASEY AND LADY GREGORY: THE RECORD OF A FRIENDSHIP.  Mary FitzGerald<br

THE DRUIDIC AFFINITIES OF O'CASEY AND YEATS.  David Krause<br

SEAN O'CASEY: ART AND POLITICS.  Robert G.Lowery<br

EARLIEST YOUTH: PRISTINE CATHOLICISM AND GREEN PATRIOTISM IN O'CASEY'S IRISH BOOKS.  William J.Maroldo<br

THE UNHOLY TRINITY: A SIMPLE GUIDE TO HOLY IRELAND c. 1880-1980.  Alan Simpson<br

SHAW'S OTHER KEEGAN: O'CASEY AND G.B.S.  Stanley Weintraub<br

SEAN O'CASEY AND THE ABBEY THEATRE.  Robert G.Lowery<br

Index

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