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Sean O'Casey Criticism

Sean O'Casey (1880–1964), originally named John Casey, was a pivotal Irish dramatist whose work is renowned for its vivid depiction of Irish political struggles and social intricacies. His early plays, forming the celebrated "Dublin Trilogy"—The Shadow of a Gunman, Juno and the Paycock, and The Plough and the Stars—are noted for their naturalistic style that captures the socio-political landscape of early 20th-century Ireland with authenticity and depth. These works employ irony, satire, and vernacular to explore themes of political and social critique, vividly portraying the lives of Dublin's slum-dwellers during significant historical events like the Easter Rising and the ensuing civil war. Critics such as Ronald Ayling and Bernice Schrank highlight how O'Casey challenged audiences with complex portrayals of human courage and societal breakdown.

Contents

  • Principal Works
  • O'Casey, Sean (Vol. 1)
  • O'Casey, Sean (Vol. 11)
    • The Essential and the Incidental
    • Ever a Fighter: 'The Drums of Father Ned'
    • Sean O'Casey and Expressionism
    • Popular Tradition and Individual Talent in Sean O'Casey's Dublin Trilogy
    • Take a Member of the IRA
    • Poets, Poltroons and Platitudes: A Study of Sean O'Casey's 'The Shadow of a Gunman'
  • O'Casey, Sean (Pseudonym of John Casey)
    • Sean O'Casey
    • Recurrent Patterns in O'Casey's Drama
    • Liturgical Imagery in Sean O'Casey's 'The Silver Tassie'
  • O'Casey, Sean (Vol. 5)
  • O'Casey, Sean (Vol. 9)
  • O'Casey, Sean (Vol. 88)
    • Two Plays: Juno and the Paycock [and] The Shadow of a Gunman
    • Two Plays
    • Sean O'Casey, Up to 12
    • An Irish Proletarian
    • Himself, and Things That Happened
    • An extracted interview in The Sting and the Twinkle: Conversations with Sean O'Casey
    • The Anti-heroic Vision
    • The Sean O'Casey Reader: Plays, Autobiographies, Opinions
    • Sean O'Casey
    • The Letters of Sean O'Casey, Vol. I, 1910–1941
    • A Revaluation in the Light of the Absurd
    • O'Casey, the Style and the Artist
    • Liturgy and Epiphany: Religious Experience as Dramatic Form in Two of Seán O'Casey's Symbolic Plays
  • O'Casey, Sean 1880-1964
    • Criticism: Overviews And General Studies
    • Criticism: Author Commentary
    • Criticism: The Shadow Of A Gunman
      • The Shadow of a Gunman
      • The Shadow of a Gunman
      • History, Autobiography, and The Shadow of a Gunman
    • Criticism: Juno & the Paycock
      • Juno & the Paycock
      • Juno & the Paycock
      • Juno & the Paycock
      • Opening the Eyes of the Audience: Visual and Verbal Imagery in Juno & the Paycock
    • Criticism: The Plough And The Stars
    • Criticism: The Silver Tassie
      • The Silver Tassie
      • The Silver Tassie
      • As London Sees O'Casey
      • The Silver Tassie: The Post-World-War-I Legacy
    • Criticism: Cock-A-Doodle Dandy
      • Weill Away
      • An introduction
  • Further Reading