BIBFRAME Work

Title

Sean O'Casey in context

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Moran, James, 1978- (editor )

Subject

• O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964--Criticism and interpretation. (LCSH)
• English literature--20th century--History and criticism (LCSH)
• Theater--Ireland--History--20th century (LCSH)
• English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism (LCSH)

Language

• eng

Classification

• LCC: PR6029.C33 Z853 2025 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)
• DDC: 822/.912 (Assigner: dlc)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography

Summary

"Sean O'Casey is one of Ireland's best-known writers. His work has been praised by figures from G.B. Shaw to Marilyn Monroe. This book offers a full contextualisation of O'Casey, examining his famous plays and his writings in other forms, and drawing on varying ideas in order to reassess his work"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Dublin -- The Irish Revolution -- London -- The Second World War -- Devon -- Nationalism -- Class -- Censorship -- Women -- Gender and sexuality -- Disability -- Race -- Migration -- Religion -- Loss -- W.B. Yeats -- Lady Gregory -- Bernard Shaw -- Eileen Carey (Eileen O'Casey) -- Tomás Mac Anna -- Seamus Deane -- Garry Hynes -- Theatrical emulators -- The Abbey Theatre -- The Irish stage -- The English stage -- Onstage in the USA -- The French stage -- The German stage -- The Central-European stage -- The biography in performance -- The autobiographies -- The letters -- Poetry, short stories, journalism and non-fiction -- Seriality -- Experimentalism -- Modernism -- Revisionism -- Postcolonialism -- Ecocriticism -- Tragedy.

Authorized Access Point

Sean O'Casey in context

Geographic Coverage

• Ireland

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:11:43.267625+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 24060704

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: bibframe-2-6-0
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc