The Influence Of Melodrama On The Early Plays Of Sean O'Casey

Autor:	Harry M. Ritchie
Rok vydání:	1962
Předmět:	Literature Literature and Literary Theory business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Contempt Art history Performance art Biography Art business media_common Drama
Zdroj:	Modern Drama. 5:164-173
ISSN:	1712-5286 0026-7694
Popis:	WHEN SEAN O'CASEY'S first volumes of autobiography began to appear in the late 1930's, many critics were surprised to see how much space O'Casey devoted to his early contact with nineteenth century melodrama, particularly the plays of Dion Boucicault. This was just about the last place critics of O'Casey's drama would have looked to discover possible influences on his early work. Not only was melodrama considered beneath critical contempt, but O'Casey had already been assigned another set of influences, influences far more acceptable to contemporary literary tastes.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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