Ireland in Two Minds
Martin McDonagh and Conor McPherson
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8085691 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas Grene (0000-0002-4275-5538, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 298-311 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Yearbook of English Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-2473 • E-ISSN: 2222-4289 |
| Publisher | Modern Humanities Research Association (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1353/yes.2005.0035 |
| OpenAlex | W151998879 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This essay considers the near-simultaneous success of Martin McDonagh's "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" (1996) and Conor McPherson's "The Weir" (1997) for their contrasting versions of the Irish imaginary. Both represent views of the rural west of Ireland by urban dramatists, but in the case of London-Irish McDonagh it is a sardonic send-up of traditional pastoral, with Dubliner McPherson closer to the romantic tradition of the literary revival. Neither playwright could have made the impact he has without the already formed fields of Irishness in which the plays are theatrically located
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Beauty · Political science · Politics · Queen (butterfly · Reign · Trilogy · Wonder · Irish and British Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |