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• Winner of Winner of the American Conference for Irish Studies Michael J. Durkan Prize for Books on Language or Culture..

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Ben Levitas makes a significant contribution to the study of both Irish drama and Irish nationalism by introducing a rich set of impressively diverse - and previously neglected - institutions, productions, and historical contexts that helped shape the political and cultural landscape of modern Ireland. Levitas powerfully enhances our understanding of the diversity and complexity of cultural nationalism in modern Ireland,and does so in lucid and engaging prose. The Committee of the American Conference for Irish Studies Michael J. Durkan Prize for Books on Language or Culture. Carefully researched, densely argued and politically committed ... The Theatre of Nation is refreshing and original. Nicholas Grene, Irish Studies Review Levitas demonstrates impressive scholarly zeal ... The archival sources informing his argument include a range of material that has often been overlooked. This is what makes his book stand out. Karen Vandevelde, Irish Theatre Magazine This is a worthy study. Camden New Journal Subtly argued and impressively researched ... a central contribution. Irish Times The contextualization of theatre is a tour de force. Professor Mary King, London University Brilliant. Professor Roy Foster, Oxford University Levitas has a fine sense of political and social context; and he writes like an angel. Professor Norman Vance, Sussex University

Ben Levitas makes a significant contribution to the study of both Irish drama and Irish nationalism by introducing a rich set of impressively diverse - and previously neglected - institutions, productions, and historical contexts that helped shape the political and cultural landscape of modern Ireland. Levitas powerfully enhances our understanding of the diversity and complexity of cultural nationalism in modern Ireland,and does so in lucid and engaging prose. The Committee of the American Conference for Irish Studies Michael J. Durkan Prize for Books on Language or Culture. Carefully researched, densely argued and politically committed ... The Theatre of Nation is refreshing and original. Nicholas Grene, Irish Studies Review Levitas demonstrates impressive scholarly zeal ... The archival sources informing his argument include a range of material that has often been overlooked. This is what makes his book stand out. Karen Vandevelde, Irish Theatre Magazine This is a worthy study. Camden New Journal Subtly argued and impressively researched ... a central contribution. Irish Times The contextualization of theatre is a tour de force. Professor Mary King, London University Brilliant. Professor Roy Foster, Oxford University Levitas has a fine sense of political and social context; and he writes like an angel. Professor Norman Vance, Sussex University

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