| Dancing at Lughnasa Contributor(s): Dean, Joan Fitzpatrick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1859183611 ISBN-13: 9781859183618 Publisher: Cork University Press OUR PRICE: $10.93 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2003 Annotation: * Lucid and accessible style makes the series appealing to the general reader* Liberally illustrated throughout with stills from the film under discussion.* Collaboration between Cork University Press and the Film Institute of Ireland.Between the premi??re of Brian Friel??'s stage play "Dancing at Lughnasa" in 1990 and Pat O???Connor??'s cinematic adaptation in 1998, Ireland experienced seismic economic and social changes, as well as "Riverdance," "Angela??'s Ashes" and an international vogue for all things Irish. Set in 1936, "Dancing at Lughnasa," as both film and play, imagines an anachronistic past in which the loss of joyous communal ritual is symptomatic of the cultural malaise so often associated with Ireland in the 1930s. Drawing upon unpublished material from the Friel archive at the National Library of Ireland, Joan FitzPatrick Dean contrasts the expressly theatrical elements of Friel??'s play and their cinematic counterparts |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 822.914 |
| LCCN: 2003495518 |
| Series: Ireland Into Film |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 5.34" W x 7.66" (0.37 lbs) 98 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Ireland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: * Lucid and accessible style makes the series appealing to the general reader * Liberally illustrated throughout with stills from the film under discussion. * Collaboration between Cork University Press and the Film Institute of Ireland. Between the premiere of Brian Friel's stage play Dancing at Lughnasa in 1990 and Pat O'Connor's cinematic adaptation in 1998, Ireland experienced seismic economic and social changes, as well as Riverdance, Angela's Ashes and an international vogue for all things Irish. Set in 1936, Dancing at Lughnasa, as both film and play, imagines an anachronistic past in which the loss of joyous communal ritual is symptomatic of the cultural malaise so often associated with Ireland in the 1930s. Drawing upon unpublished material from the Friel archive at the National Library of Ireland, Joan FitzPatrick Dean contrasts the expressly theatrical elements of Friel's play and their cinematic counterparts |
Contributor Bio(s): Dean, Joan Fitzpatrick: - Joan FitzPatrick Dean Dean is Professor of English at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. A former Fulbright Scholar at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and a longtime contributor to Film West, she publishes on Irish and British drama and film. |