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'Tinkers'

Burke, Mary

'Tinkers' Synge and the cultural history of the Irish traveller / [electronic resource] : Mary Burke. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (344 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780191721670 (ebook) : No price


Synge, J. M. 1871-1909 --Criticism and interpretation.


Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) in literature.

PR5534

822.912