Traditional Medicine in the Irish Literary Revival: The Works of W.B. Yeats, Augusta Gregory, and J. M. Synge (New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature)

By: Holly May Walker-Dunseith

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Synopsis: This book explores representations of traditional medicine and healing practices in Irish Revival-era literature spanning from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. Specifically, the book focuses on the work of William Butler Yeats, Lady Augusta Gregory, and John Millington Synge. The author examines folk medical practices and analyses how folk medicine appears in literature, bringing to light fresh contexts and materials including diaries, letters, folklore collections, and medical texts. By writing the first book to explore the place of traditional medicine in Irish literature, Walker-Dunseith sheds light on a distinctive area of Irish life and practice that gestures towards the possibility of a culture and nation in the act of healing itself and questioning nationalistic discourses.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783031824593
Related ISBNs:: 9783031824586
Publisher:: Springer Nature Switzerland
Date of Addition:: 04/22/25
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts, Medicine
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.