The Aran Islands

Description:

"In the late 1890s, John M. Synge, in his middle twenties and unsure of his vocations made his way to Paris intending to study French literature and become a literary critic. There he met William Butler Yeats. The eminent poet advised Synge to drop his involvements with fin de siecle French authors, return to Ireland, and describe a society with which he had some natural connection. Yeats recommended that Synge visit the Aran Islands, primitive and absolutely authentic places about which little had yet been written."--BOOK JACKET. "Synge first traveled to the Aran Islands in 1898. His six-week trip proved to be a wonderfully fruitful and decisive experience. He then went back for part of each summer until 1902. The book that he wrote - and that he called his "first serious piece of work" - was published in 1907. What he learned from his visits to the Aran Islands led directly to the great plays for which he is chiefly remembered."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Description and travel,  Travel,  Journeys,  Irish Dramatists,  Essays,  Nonfiction,  Biography,  Synge, j. m. (john millington), 1871-1909,  Aran island (ireland),  Ireland, description and travel,  Descriptions et voyages

People: J. M. Synge (1871-1909)

Places: Aran Islands (Ireland),  Aran Islands,  Ireland,  Aran Island (Ireland)

Times: 19th century