Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First printing. Hardcover. 337 pp. with index. Fine (touch of foxing to the top edge of the text block) in near fine dust jacket, crisp bit somewhat sunned on the spine. An irrevernt look at fourteen Irish dramatists whose works characterized antic Irish comedy insofar as it is the body of literature that desecrates the sacred in Ireland. Discussed are the major works of Beckett, Behan, Bouciault, William Boyle, Carroll, Fitzmaurice, Lady Gregory, Denis Johnston, O'Casey, Lennox Robinson, Shaw, Shields, Synge, and Yeats.

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E26327
Title: The Profane Book Of Irish Comedy
Author: David Krause
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: near fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
ISBN 10: 0801414695
ISBN 13: 9780801414695
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Place of Publication: Ithaca and London
Date Published: 1982
Keywords: literature, irish, ireland, cathleen ni houlihan, plays, theatre, theater

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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