'Tinkers': Synge and the Cultural History of the Irish Traveller

By Mary Burke

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199566461
• ISBN13: 9780199566464
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"