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Lady Gregory's Diaries, 1892-1902
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Lady Gregory's Diaries, 1892-1902 Hardcover - 1996

by Isabella Augusta Gregory; James Pethica (Editor)

From the publisher

These diaries, covering the decade following the death of her husband, chart the course of Lady Gregory's gradual but remarkable remaking of her life. The rich account these pages give of Lady Gregory's life in the 1890s and of her deepening friendship with and patronage of Yeats radically
changes the existing image of her evolution as an Irish writer and Nationalist and of the early years of the Irish Literary Theatre. As the only day-to-day record kept by a major figure in the Irish literary movement, these diaries provide a revealing and frequently corrective counterweight to the
narratives of these times written years later by Yeats, Moore, Lady Gregory herself, and others.

From the rear cover

The rich account these pages give of Lady Gregory's life in the 1890s and of her deepening friendship with and patronage of W.B. Yeats radically changes the existing image of her evolution as an Irish writer and Nationalist. As the only contemporary diary kept by a major figure in the Irish literary movement during these years, the day-to-day record of the summer visits of Yeats, Synge, George Moore, AE, Hyde and others to Coole, of the early years of the Irish Literary Theatre, and of the swiftly changing allegiances and tensions in her extensive literary circle, provides a revealing and frequently corrective counterweight to the narratives of these years written long afterwards (in the light of later autobiographical imperatives) by Yeats, Moore, Lady Gregory herself and others.

Details

  • Title Lady Gregory's Diaries, 1892-1902
  • Author Isabella Augusta Gregory; James Pethica (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition,
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Date June 13, 1996
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780195212457 / 0195212452
  • Weight 1.61 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.38 x 1.39 in (24.13 x 16.21 x 3.53 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Gregory - Diaries, Dramatists, Irish - 19th century - Diaries
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96166702
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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