The Tulira Trilogy of Edward Martyn, Irish Symbolist Dramatist (1859-1923)

The Tulira Trilogy was the creation of the landlord of Tulira Castle, County Galway - Edward Martyn. It explores the Irish national dream in a tragic mode. The plays are examined in this edition with an introduction that proposes a revaluation of Edward Martyn as an Irish symbolist dramatist.

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The Tulira Trilogy was the creation of the dreaming landlord of Tulira Castle, County Galway - Edward Martyn. It explores the Irish national dream in a tragic mode which no other Irish dramatist of the period attempted. After a century of neglect, the plays are examined afresh in this new edition with a scholarly introduction which proposes a fundamental revaluation of Edward Martyn as an Irish symbolist dramatist.