TY - BOOK ID - 77471350 TI - Brian Friel, Ireland, and the North PY - 2007 SN - 9780521873864 9780511486012 9780521121804 0511371187 9780511371189 0511370717 9780511370717 9780511370199 0511370199 052187386X 0521121809 1107181356 9781107181359 9786611155902 6611155902 0511486014 0511369670 9780511369674 0511369166 9780511369162 128115590X 0511368682 9780511368684 9781281155900 PB - Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - 820 "19" FRIEL, BRIAN KW - 820 "19" FRIEL, BRIAN Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--FRIEL, BRIAN KW - Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--FRIEL, BRIAN KW - Friel, Brian KW - פריל, ברײן KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Political and social views. KW - Ireland KW - In literature. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77471350 AB - After nearly five decades as one of Ireland's most celebrated playwrights, Brian Friel has been the subject of ten books and dozens of articles. This study expands Friel criticism into a sizeable body of material and into a fresher interpretative direction. Along with considering Friel's more recent plays, the book analyzes his interviews and essays to chart the author's ideological evolution throughout a career of more than forty years. Moreover, a chapter is devoted to his often ignored articles for The Irish Press (1962-1963), a series that reveals unsuspected insights into Friel's disposition towards the Irish Republic. Refining our understanding of Friel's relationship to Republicanism is central to the argument; rather than assuming that the author embraces nationalist ideology, the book relocates the conceptual concerns of his work away from Dublin and to 'The North', this bridge between Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland. ER -