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The '''Irish literary renaissance''' is the general term for a series of revivals of interest in poetry, drama, and fiction in English which was produced by writers from [[Ireland]] in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In a more detailed sense, it can be seen as starting with the [[Celtic revival]], a period of renewed interest in traditional Irish sagas and folklore starting in the 1880's, moving through a middle phase centered around [[William Butler Yeats]] and the [[Abbey Theatre]], and finally through a later, explicitly modernist phase, of which [[James Joyce]] was the signal writer. | |||
[[William Butler Yeats]] | |||
[[George Russell]] | ==Writers associated with the Irish literary renaissance== | ||
[[James Stephens (author)|James Stephens]] | |||
[[Ella Young]] | *[[Sean O'Casey]] | ||
[[John Miliington Synge]] | *[[William Butler Yeats]] | ||
[[Padraic Colum]] | *[[George Russell]] | ||
[[Maud Gonne]] | *[[James Stephens (author)|James Stephens]] | ||
*[[Ella Young]] | |||
*[[John Miliington Synge]] | |||
*[[Padraic Colum]] | |||
*[[Maud Gonne]] | |||
Revision as of 21:21, 9 June 2007
The Irish literary renaissance is the general term for a series of revivals of interest in poetry, drama, and fiction in English which was produced by writers from Ireland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In a more detailed sense, it can be seen as starting with the Celtic revival, a period of renewed interest in traditional Irish sagas and folklore starting in the 1880's, moving through a middle phase centered around William Butler Yeats and the Abbey Theatre, and finally through a later, explicitly modernist phase, of which James Joyce was the signal writer.