A man who does not exist
Subtitle: the Irish peasant in the work of W.B. Yeats and J.M. Synge
By: Deborah Fleming.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Synge, J. M. 1871-1909 -- Characters -- Peasants.; Yeats, W. B. 1865-1939 -- Characters -- Peasants.; Pastoral literature, English -- History and criticism.; English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism.; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Literature and society -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.; Literature and society -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.; Peasants in literature.; Ireland -- In literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "To write for my own race" : Irishness and Anglo-Irishness; title: "This wise and simple man" : the noble savage and the pastoral; title: Natural and supernatural; title: The peasant and love; title: "A man who does not exist" : the peasant as wanderer, outlaw, beggar, seer; title: "A man who is but a dream" : the peasant as artist and hero; title: Appendix : the Irish peasants.