Primitivism, Science, and the Irish Revival
What is the relevance of the Irish Revival to modernism? Why did Yeats's vision of a theatre for Ireland take a ritual form? What was so incendiary about J. M. Synge's vision of the Irish peasantry? These are among the questions that Garrigan Mattar seeks to answer by exploring the primitivism of the Irish Revival in relation to comparative science.
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What is the relevance of the Irish Revival to modernism? Why did Yeats's vision of a theatre for Ireland take a ritual form? What was so incendiary about J. M. Synge's vision of the Irish peasantry? These are among the questions that Garrigan Mattar seeks to answer by exploring the primitivism of the Irish Revival in relation to comparative science.
Introduction: Our Proper Dark11The Rise of Celtology212Yeats, Celticism, and Comparative Science413Yeats's Ritual of Revolt834The Passing of the Shee: John Millington Synge1305Lady Gregory: The Primitive Picturesque185Conclusion240Bibliography248Index269
