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The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre

The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre

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1860, quoted in Deirdre McFeely, Dion Boucicault: Irish Identity on Stage ( Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012), 13. McFeely makes a persuasive case for the representation of nationalism, race, and class in The Colleen Bawn, ...
Dion Boucicault: Irish Identity on Stage

Dion Boucicault: Irish Identity on Stage

Deirdre McFeely

The first full critical study of Dion Boucicault, one of the most dynamic and influential figures in nineteenth-century theatre.
The Shakespearean International Yearbook: Volume 13: Special ...

The Shakespearean International Yearbook: Volume 13: Special ...

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It isbased ontheresearch conducted byPatrick Lonergan (Principal Investigator) and Deirdre McFeely (Postdoctoral Fellow). The database was designed and constructed by Natalie Harrower. The database allows for searching Shakespeare ...
Renaissance Shakespeare: Shakespeare Renaissances: ...

Renaissance Shakespeare: Shakespeare Renaissances: ...

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With Deirdre McFeely, he is co-editor of a database on Shakespearean Performance in Ireland from 1660 to 1904, which may be viewed at http://www. irishtheatricaldiaspora.net/shakespeare. James J. Marino is associate professor of English ...
Gender and Race in Antebellum Popular Culture

Gender and Race in Antebellum Popular Culture

Sarah N. Roth

... was skilled at incorporating contemporary issues into popular dramas. The Octoroon opened four days after John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harpers' Ferry. Deirdre McFeely, Dion Boucicault (New York: Cambridge University Press,  ...
The Literature of Ireland: Culture and Criticism

The Literature of Ireland: Culture and Criticism

Terence Brown

19 in her doctoral thesis 'dion Boucicault's irish Melodramas; national identity, Politics and the Press' (Trinity College, dublin, 2007), deirdre Mcfeely has shown how Boucicault's use of a version of this ballad in his play Arrah-na Pogue gave it  ...
Irish Theater in America: Essays on Irish Theatrical Diaspora

Irish Theater in America: Essays on Irish Theatrical Diaspora

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DEIRDRE McFEELY Although he was born in Dublin in 1820, Dion Boucicault was a naturalized American citizen living in New York City when he wrote what many consider to be his finest Irish play, The Shaitfihraun. The play premiered on  ...
Working in the Wings: New Perspectives on Theatre History ...

Working in the Wings: New Perspectives on Theatre History ...

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For more information on Boucicault's relationship to the Irish immigrant population in New York City, see Deirdre McFeely's Dion Boucicault: Irish Identity on Stage (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012), 14–21. 26. Political parties ...
"Something Dreadful and Grand": American Literature and The ...

"Something Dreadful and Grand": American Literature and The ...

Stephen Watt

See Hesketh Pearson, Beerbohm Tree: His Life and Laughter (New York: Harper Brothers, 1956), 116–28. 63. Deirdre McFeely, “Shakespeare on the Dublin Stage, 1660–1904,” paper presented at the conference “Performing Shakespeare in ...
Measurement and Meaning in Economics: The Essential Deirdre ...

Measurement and Meaning in Economics: The Essential Deirdre ...

Deirdre N. McCloskey

This essential book collects together, for the first time, the writings of Deirdre McCloskey on economic history and the rhetoric of economics.
Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, ...

Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, ...

Deirdre N. McCloskey

Stunningly so, the economist and historian Deirdre McCloskey argues in the concluding volume of her trilogy celebrating the oft-derided virtues of the bourgeoisie.
Deirdre's Tale

Deirdre's Tale

Jennifer Campbell

In the wilderness of 1720's New Hampshire, Deirdre McGregor struggles to find her place in a male dominated world and at Brewster Tavern, danger lurks, in the form of pirate captain, Alberto Garcia, who has designs on her lush, young body.
Crossing: A Memoir

Crossing: A Memoir

Deirdre N. McCloskey

Crossing is the story of Deirdre McCloskey (formerly Donald), once a golden boy of conservative economics and a child of 1950s and 1960s privilege, and her dramatic and poignant journey to becoming a woman.
Crossing: A Memoir

Crossing: A Memoir

Deirdre N. McCloskey

Crossing is the story of Deirdre McCloskey (formerly Donald), once a golden boy of conservative economics and a child of 1950s and 1960s privilege, and her dramatic and poignant journey to becoming a woman.
Devising Performance: A Critical History

Devising Performance: A Critical History

Deirdre Heddon

A Critical History Deirdre Heddon, Jane Milling. Devising Performance A Critical History Revised Edition DEIRDRE HEDDON AND JANE MILLING © Deirdre Heddon and Jane Milling 2016 All rights reserved.
Soldier Boys

Soldier Boys

Deirdre Savoy

Soldier Boys consists of four novellas that celebrate courage, honor, and appeal of Military men. In Deirdre Savoy's Fleet Week, a sexy songstress falls head over heels for a sexy younger Marine.
Jung: uma biografia, vol. 1

Jung: uma biografia, vol. 1

Deirdre Bair

Deirdre Bair toma o psicólogo suíço Carl Gustav Jung como tema de seu 'Jung, uma biografia'. O livro é fruto de cerca de oito anos de pesquisa, lidando com farta e por vezes inédita documentação.
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

William S. McFeely

Probes beneath the public image of this important national leader to reveal a complex portrait of the man who exposed the brutal injustice of slavery and spoke loudly and clearly for the cause of freedom
How to be Human*: *though an Economist

How to be Human*: *though an Economist

Deirdre N. McCloskey

A witty and thoughtful romp through the profession and practice of economics
Economical Writing: Second Edition

Economical Writing: Second Edition

Deirdre N. McCloskey

A valuable short guide for mastering the craft of academic writing!
Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography

Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography

Deirdre Bair

Chronicles the life of the French writer, examining her roles as author, philosopher, feminist, and companion to Jean-Paul Sartre
Down There: A Novel

Down There: A Novel

Pamela Redmond Satran

Deirdre, Juliette, Anne, and Lisa are best friends, each living 'the dream' in the suburbs outside of New York City: beautiful wedding, big house, picture perfect family.
Jung: A Biography

Jung: A Biography

Deirdre Bair

Discusses the achievements of the founder of analytical psychology, his professional relationship with Sigmund Freud, the widespread support for his ideas, and accusations that he was anti-Semitic and guilty of falsifying data.
The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce

The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce

Deirdre N. McCloskey

High Noon, Kant, Bill Murray, the modern novel, van Gogh, and of course economics and the economy all come into play in a book that can only be described as a monumental project and a life’s work.
Saul Steinberg: A Biography

Saul Steinberg: A Biography

Deirdre Bair

The electronic version of this title does not contain the 35 Saul Steinberg illustrations that are available in the print edition.
The Rhetoric of Economics

The Rhetoric of Economics

Deirdre N. McCloskey

A classic in its field, this pathbreaking book humanized the scientific rhetoric of economics to reveal its literary soul.
Samuel Beckett: A Biography

Samuel Beckett: A Biography

Deirdre Bair

Examines the psychological agonies of Beckett's young manhood, his World War II heroism, his enigmatic character, and the growth of his style which revolutionized modern theater.
Subject Matters: Subject and Self in French Literature from ...

Subject Matters: Subject and Self in French Literature from ...

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Indeed, in the preface to the first edition of her biography, Deirdre Bair acknowledges her belief that Beckett 'did not want this book to be written and would have been grateful if I had abandoned it',ii and she records the uncomfortable ...
Anais Nin

Anais Nin

Deirdre Bair

Bair's biography fills in the blanks and shows how Nin reflected the major themes that have come to characterize the latter half of the twentieth century: the quest for the self, the uses of psychoanalysis, and the determination of women to ...

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