Edmund John Millington Synge (16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, travel writer and collector of folklore. He was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and was one of the co-founders of the Abbey Theatre. He is best known for his play The Playboy of the Western World, which caused riots in Dublin during its opening run at the Abbey Theatre.
Although he came from a privileged Anglo-Irish background, Synge's writings are mainly concerned with the world of the Roman Catholic peasants of rural Ireland and with what he saw as the essential paganism of their world view. Synge developed Hodgkin's disease, a metastatic cancer that was then untreatable. He died several weeks short of his 38th birthday as he was trying to complete his last play, Deirdre of the Sorrows.
This ebook edition is complete works collection of author J.M. Synge. The edition comes with seven books, active table of contents and active navigation.
Included Works:
The Aran Islands
Deirdre Of The Sorrows
In Shadow Of The Glen
In Wicklow And West Kerry
The Playboy Of The Western World
Riders To The Sea
The Well Of The Saints
Although he came from a privileged Anglo-Irish background, Synge's writings are mainly concerned with the world of the Roman Catholic peasants of rural Ireland and with what he saw as the essential paganism of their world view. Synge developed Hodgkin's disease, a metastatic cancer that was then untreatable. He died several weeks short of his 38th birthday as he was trying to complete his last play, Deirdre of the Sorrows.
This ebook edition is complete works collection of author J.M. Synge. The edition comes with seven books, active table of contents and active navigation.
Included Works:
The Aran Islands
Deirdre Of The Sorrows
In Shadow Of The Glen
In Wicklow And West Kerry
The Playboy Of The Western World
Riders To The Sea
The Well Of The Saints
