Tragedy and Irish Literature Synge, O'Casey, Beckett

In Tragedy and Irish Writing McDonald considers the culture of suffering, loss, and guilt in the work of Synge, O'Casey, and Beckett. He applies external ideas of tragedy to the three dramatists and also discerns particular sorts of tragedy within their own work. While alert to the real differences among the three, the book also traces common themes and preoccupations. It identifies a conflict between form and content, between heightened language and debased reality, as the hallmark of Irish tragedy.McDonald, Ronan is the author of 'Tragedy and Irish Literature Synge, O'Casey, Beckett', published 2002 under ISBN 9780333923931 and ISBN 0333923936.