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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      28 January 2007
      19 October 2006
      ISBN:
      9781139001199
      9780521853996
      9780521666862
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL0521853990
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.442kg, 198 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.3kg, 198 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Irish Literature, English Literature: General Interest
      Series:
      Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    Subjects:
    Literature, Irish Literature, English Literature: General Interest
    Series:
    Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    Brian Friel is widely recognized as Ireland's greatest living playwright, winning an international reputation through such acclaimed works as Translations (1980) and Dancing at Lughnasa (1990). This 2006 collection of specially commissioned essays includes contributions from leading commentators on Friel's work (including two fellow playwrights) and explores the entire range of his career from his 1964 breakthrough with Philadelphia, Here I Come! to his most recent success in Dublin and London with The Home Place (2005). The essays approach Friel's plays both as literary texts and as performed drama, and provide the perfect introduction for students of both English and Theatre Studies, as well as theatregoers. The collection considers Friel's lesser-known works alongside his more celebrated plays and provides a comprehensive critical survey of his career. This is a comprehensive study of Friel's work, and includes a chronology and further reading suggestions.

    Reviews

    '… an outstanding collection of fourteen essays … an excellent introduction for the general reader to the Irish playwright …'

    '… an excellent introduction for the general reader to the Irish playwright whose 'contribution has been one of the most necessary and profound by a living writer in the English language'. It includes a useful chronology, index, and select bibliography of primary and secondary works.'

    Source: Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies

    'This collection of essays offers a variety of insightful approaches to Friel beyond the obvious groupings of plays and themes.'

    Source: Wasafiri

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