| The Playboy of the Western World and Riders to the Sea Revised Edition Contributor(s): Synge, J. M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486275620 ISBN-13: 9780486275628 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $4.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1993 Annotation: Two dramas set among the folk of the Aran Islands and western Irish coastlands. "The Playboy of the Western World" deals with a hero's progress, from timid weakling to paragon of bravery. "Riders to the Sea" is an elegy to those who live at the mercy of the sea. Includes Synge's preface to "The Playboy of the Western World." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.912 |
| LCCN: 93010455 |
| Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.21" H x 5.09" W x 8.19" (0.15 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The plays of John Millington Synge (1871-1909) are filled with the humors, sorrows, and dreams of the country folk of the Aran Islands and the western Irish coastlands, where, in Synge's works, "we have a popular imagination that is fiery and magnificent, and tender." The Playboy of the Western World, his most famous play, is sweetly funny and ironic as it follows its young hero's progress, in the eyes of others, from timid weakling to paragon of bravery. |