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Primitivism, science, and the Irish revival / Sinéad Garrigan Mattar.

Covering the works of W.B. Yeats, J.M. Synge and Lady Gregory this text explores the primitivism of the Irish Revival in relation to comparative science.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Electronic book from Oxford Scholarship Online
Main Author:	Garrigan Mattar, Sinéad
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:	Oxford English monographs.
Subjects:	English literature > Irish authors > History and criticism. Primitivism in literature. Literature and anthropology > Ireland > History > 19th century. Literature and science > Ireland > History > 19th century. English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Primitivism > Ireland > History > 19th century. Ireland > Intellectual life > 19th century. Civilization, Celtic, in literature. Mythology, Celtic, in literature. Celts in literature.
Genre:	Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Our Proper Dark
1. The Rise of Celtology
2. Yeats, Celticism, and Comparative Science
3. Yeats's Ritual of Revolt
4. The Passing of the Shee: John Millington Synge
5. Lady Gregory: The Primitive Picturesque.