Tinkers
Subtitle: Synge and the cultural history of the Irish traveller
By: Mary Burke.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780199566464
Subjects: Synge, J. M. -- 1871-1909; English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism; Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) in literature; Nomads in literature; Ethnic groups in literature; Marginality, Social, in literature; Other (Philosophy) in literature; National characteristics, Irish, in literature; Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) -- Historiography; Ethnic groups -- Ireland -- History
Description: Irish playwright J.M. Synge created influential but misunderstood representations of travellers or 'tinkers'. This work traces the history of the 'tinker' back to medieval Irish historiography and English Renaissance literature and forward to contemporary US screen depictions.