Tinkers

Description:

Irish playwright J.M. Synge created influential but misunderstood representations of travellers or 'tinkers'. This work traces the history of the 'tinker' back to medieval Irish historiography and English Renaissance literature and forward to contemporary US screen depictions.

subjects: Historiography,  Nomads in literature,  English literature,  History and criticism,  Other (Philosophy) in literature,  Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) in literature,  Irish authors,  Irish Travellers (Nomadic people),  Marginality, Social, in literature,  Ethnic groups in literature,  National characteristics, Irish, in literature,  Ethnic groups,  History,  Synge, j. m. (john millington), 1871-1909,  English literature, irish authors, history and criticism,  National characteristics in literature,  Ethnology, ireland,  Criticism and interpretation