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Introduction - The Exact Moment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2021

Christopher Morash
Christopher Morash
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Trinity College Dublin
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When W. B. Yeats won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923, he singled out his contribution to theatre as one of his main achievements. The critical consensus since his death has not shared this view, and his theatrical work has largely been overlooked. This book contends that Yeats is not only an important modernist playwright, but also a thinker about theatre whose originality can be compared to that of Brecht or Artaud.

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YeatsIrish theatremodernismIrish Literary RevivalAbbey Theatre
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Yeats on Theatre , pp. 1 - 14
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • The Exact Moment
  • Christopher Morash, Trinity College Dublin
  • Book: Yeats on Theatre
  • Online publication: 09 July 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009031509.001
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  • The Exact Moment
  • Christopher Morash, Trinity College Dublin
  • Book: Yeats on Theatre
  • Online publication: 09 July 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009031509.001
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  • The Exact Moment
  • Christopher Morash, Trinity College Dublin
  • Book: Yeats on Theatre
  • Online publication: 09 July 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009031509.001
Available formats
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