Lady Gregory's Toothbrush

Informationen zum Autor Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of several novels, including The Master, Brooklyn , and The Magician , and two collections of stories. He has been three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Tóibín was appointed the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2022-2024. Klappentext Colm Tóibín's Lady Gregory's Toothbrush is a beautiful insight into the life of outspoken Irishwoman, Augusta Gregory. A remarkable figure in Celtic history, she was married to an MP and land-owner, yet retained an unprecedented independence of both thought and deed, actively championing causes close to her heart. At once conservative and radical in her beliefs, she saw no conflict in idealizing and mythologizing the Irish peasantry, for example, while her landlord husband introduced legislation that would, in part, lead to the widespread misery, poverty and starvation of the Great Famine. Nevertheless, as founder of the Abbey Theatre, an outspoken opponent of censorship, and mentor, muse, and mother-figure to W. B. Yeats, Augusta Gregory played a pivotal role in shaping Irish literary and dramatic history. Moreover, despite her parents' early predictions of spinsterhood, she was no matronly figure, engaging in a passionate affair while newly-wedded and, as she approached sixty, falling for a man almost twenty years her junior. This sharp and stylish biography redefines the woman George Bernard Shaw once described as ‘the greatest living Irishwoman’ – Augusta Gregory. Zusammenfassung This sharp and stylish biography redefines the woman George Bernard Shaw once described as ‘the greatest living Irishwoman’ – Augusta Gregory.

Product details

• Authors: Colm Toibin, Colm Tóibin, Colm Tóibín
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.09.2003
• EAN: 9780330419932
• ISBN: 978-0-330-41993-2
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 8 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists, Biography: historical, political & military, Regional & national history, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, c 1800 to c 1900, Ireland, Biography: arts & entertainment, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, c 1850 to 1916 (period of the Gaelic Revival in Ireland)