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English Language and Literature

Georgia Southern University

2014

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Across A Crowded Room, Adrian Rice Aug 2014

Across A Crowded Room, Adrian Rice

Irish Studies South

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Feeling Into Words: Remembering Seamus Heaney, Geraldine Higgins Aug 2014

Feeling Into Words: Remembering Seamus Heaney, Geraldine Higgins

Irish Studies South

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1939 And The Road Beyond Coleraine: An Introductory Meditation, Thomas D. Redshaw Aug 2014

1939 And The Road Beyond Coleraine: An Introductory Meditation, Thomas D. Redshaw

Irish Studies South

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"Out Of The Marvellous," Into The Marvellous, In Memoriam: Seamus Heaney (1939-2013), Roslyn Blyn-Ladrew Aug 2014

"Out Of The Marvellous," Into The Marvellous, In Memoriam: Seamus Heaney (1939-2013), Roslyn Blyn-Ladrew

Irish Studies South

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Crediting The Poet: What Seamus Heaney Means To Me, Eugene O’Brien Aug 2014

Crediting The Poet: What Seamus Heaney Means To Me, Eugene O’Brien

Irish Studies South

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North And South: A Calling, Natasha Trethewey Aug 2014

North And South: A Calling, Natasha Trethewey

Irish Studies South

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Eye For The Gap: Frenzy, Liberty, And The Nietszchean Chorus In Conor Mcpherson's The Weir And Shining City, Frances Krieg Jan 2014

Eye For The Gap: Frenzy, Liberty, And The Nietszchean Chorus In Conor Mcpherson's The Weir And Shining City, Frances Krieg

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This study situates The Weir and Shining City by Conor McPherson as embodying elements of Dionysian aesthetics as elucidated by Friedrich Nietzsche. Working through the lenses of Samuel Beckett’s linguistic philosophy and the premium of theater as established by Nietzsche, Artaud, and Brecht, the aim of this paper is to demonstrate how McPherson pierces the boundaries of language in drama by establishing his audience as chorus. Background information on Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy and McPherson’s own comments on the plays are included with the research on the plays themselves. This work articulates the chorus itself but also the choral, …

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