Brian Friel's (post) colonial drama
Subtitle: language, illusion, and politics
By: F.C. McGrath.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Irish studies; Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Friel, Brian -- Criticism and interpretation.; Friel, Brian -- Language.; Political plays, English -- History and criticism.; Politics and literature -- Northern Ireland.; Politics and literature -- Ireland.; Postcolonialism in literature.; Postcolonialism -- Ireland.; Illusion in literature.; Northern Ireland -- In literature.; Ireland -- In literature.
Other titles: Post colonial drama
Description: "Brian Friel is Ireland's most important living playwright, and this book places him in the new canon of postcolonial writers. Drawing on the theory and techniques of the major postcolonial critics, F. C. McGrath offers fresh interpretations of Friel's texts and of his place in the tradition of linguistic idealism in Irish literature.".

"This book illustrates how Friel playfully subverts the English language and transcends British influence. Friel's reality is constructed from personal fiction, and it is his liberating response to oppression."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-307) and index.