Kate O'Brien and Spanish Literary Culture

Davison explores Walter Starkie's promotion of the Nobel Prize winner's plays in Ireland during his years as the director of the Abbey Theatre (1927-1942), and the utter rejection by The Abbey of any foreign influences in the cultural environment of the Free State. Considering O'Brien...

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Published in:Estudios irlandeses 2019 (14), p.263-265
Main Author: Perez, Veronica Membrive
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Beckett, Samuel (1906-1989)
Benavente, Jacinto (1866-1954)
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616)
Cultural factors
Dramatists
Joyce, James (1882-1941)
Morality
Nobel prizes
Novels
Politics
Spanish literature
Teresa, of Avila, Saint (1515-1582)
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Summary:Davison explores Walter Starkie's promotion of the Nobel Prize winner's plays in Ireland during his years as the director of the Abbey Theatre (1927-1942), and the utter rejection by The Abbey of any foreign influences in the cultural environment of the Free State. Considering O'Brien's utter rejection of Ireland's parochialism and exacerbated promotion of the national myths that permeated all social and cultural spheres after the country finally accomplished its independence, it is certainly not unusual that the Irish writer declared her condemnation of Franco's regime in her travel journal published just after the outbreak of the Civil War. Considering that there is a continuing need to reassess O'Brien's status within the Irish literary canon, this book proves invaluable in contributing to our understanding of the Irish writer's struggles to be heard, to bear witness, and to preserve her personal freedom while describing the social, political and cultural atmosphere of both Ireland and Spain.
ISSN:1699-311X
1699-311X