Twentieth century interpretations of The playboy of the Western World
Subtitle: a collection of critical essays.
By: Edited by Thomas R. Whitaker.
Contributors: Synge, J. M. 1871-1909.
Series: Twentieth century interpretations; A Spectrum book
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Englewood Cliffs, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: Synge, J. M. 1871-1909; Ireland -- In literature
Other titles: Playboy of the Western World.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: On playing with The playboy, by T. R. Whitaker.; title: J. M. Synge and the Ireland of his time, by W. B. Yeats.; title: Synge's poetic drama, by U. Ellis-Fermor.; title: A player's reflections on Playboy, by C. Cusack.; title: The playboy of the Western World, by T. R. Henn.; title: Synge's Playboy; morality and the hero, by N. Podhoretz.; title: The making of The playboy, by P. M. Spacks.; title: Synge's playboy as mock-Christ, by H. D. Pearce.; title: The composition of The Playboy, by D. H. Greene.; title: Synge's idiom, by R. Peacock.; title: The realist basis of surreality, by H. Howarth.; title: On playing with the audience, by J. L. Styan.; title: Bibliography (p. 121-122)