228:
It was immensely popular when it was published. The writing is direct and powerfully evokes the over-population, the terrible poverty and the peculiar intimacy of pre-independence Dublin. One theme is the essential goodness of people and the tenderness which survives the brutality of deprivation. The
29:
233:
made the more traditional iconography of the insurrectionary period troublesome, while economic stagnation and social crisis fostered empathy for the former Dublin of tenements, working class heroes and vagrant balladeers.
155:, Ireland's national broadcaster. The novel is an epic, tracing the lives of a dozen characters as they are swept up in the tumultuous events that affected Dublin between 1907 and 1914.
443:
587:
255:
470:
212:. A 2013–14 revival at the Abbey included "the Noble Call", a speech in response to the play's themes from a different public figure at each performance.
288:
International
Association for the Study of Irish Literatures (IASIL) Leiden 1991: Volume 1 of The Literature of Politics and the Politics of Literature
642:
363:
329:
295:
637:
386:
647:
627:
622:
110:
632:
416:
554:
241:
chose
Strumpet City as its 'One City One Book' book of the year, in commemoration of the centenary of the 1913 Lockout.
144:
188:. Kathleen Heininge characterises it as a dry work which read as "pure propaganda for a socialist agenda". When
572:
217:
189:
70:
238:
617:
205:
82:
60:
597:
562:
394:
359:
353:
325:
319:
291:
279:
105:
568:
173:
124:
284:
Forging in the Smithy: National
Identity and Representation in Anglo-Irish Literary History
581:
140:
287:
180:
the titular hero. In 1958, it was expanded into a gloomier and more stylized stage play,
229:
popularity of the novel also owed something to events in
Ireland in the early 1970s, as
520:
448:
193:
128:
42:
495:
611:
185:
230:
209:
148:
282:. In Leerssen, Joseph Theodoor; Weel, Adriaan van der; Westerweel, Bart (eds.).
213:
280:"Literature rewrites history: James Connolly and James Larkin Larger than Life"
321:
Buffoonery in Irish Drama: Staging
Twentieth-century Post-colonial Stereotypes
177:
166:
471:"Strumpet City is Dublin City Libraries' One City, One Book Choice for 2013"
28:
525:
246:
196:
from
Plunkett, he reworked the play again; Connolly does not feature in
136:
132:
539:
The reveal kickstarts the BBC's year-long celebration of literature.
152:
444:"Buttimer and Panti drown out empty rhetoric in homophobia debate"
290:. Costerus New Series. Vol. 98. Rodopi. p. 243.
220:
at the closing performance attracted media attention.
104:
96:
88:
76:
66:
56:
48:
38:
521:"100 'most inspiring' novels revealed by BBC Arts"
355:Twentieth-Century Irish Drama: Mirror Up to Nation
165:The novel's roots date from 1954, when Plunkett's
558:is discussed in an obituary for James Plunkett
417:"Panti's rousing gay rights speech goes viral"
273:
271:
8:
21:
358:. Syracuse University Press. p. 181.
27:
20:
204:was revived and revised in 1977 for the
267:
7:
442:Connolly, Shaun (8 February 2014).
278:Freitag, Barbara (1 January 1995).
14:
143:. In 1980, it was adapted into
139:, around the time of the 1913
1:
643:Hutchinson (publisher) books
591:: the impossible Irish novel
352:Murray, Christopher (2000).
16:1969 novel by James Plunkett
638:Novels set in Dublin (city)
324:. Peter Lang. p. 168.
318:Heininge, Kathleen (2009).
256:100 most influential novels
664:
648:20th-century Irish novels
26:
628:History of Dublin (city)
623:Culture in Dublin (city)
192:requested a novel about
633:Irish historical novels
596:Edited introduction by
577:the great Irish novel?"
393:. 2013. Archived from
218:LGBT rights in Ireland
239:Dublin City Libraries
200:, published in 1969.
244:On 5 November 2019,
500:One Dublin One Book
254:on its list of the
206:Project Arts Centre
23:
600:to new edition of
397:on 26 October 2014
387:"The Risen People"
61:Historical fiction
563:Irish Independent
529:. 5 November 2019
423:. 5 February 2014
365:978-0-8156-0643-7
331:978-1-4331-0546-3
297:978-90-5183-759-9
116:
115:
89:Publication place
655:
569:Eileen Battersby
542:
541:
536:
534:
517:
511:
510:
508:
506:
492:
486:
485:
483:
481:
467:
461:
460:
458:
456:
439:
433:
432:
430:
428:
413:
407:
406:
404:
402:
383:
377:
376:
374:
372:
349:
343:
342:
340:
338:
315:
309:
308:
306:
304:
275:
202:The Risen People
184:, staged at the
182:The Risen People
172:was produced by
160:The Risen People
125:historical novel
78:Publication date
31:
24:
663:
662:
658:
657:
656:
654:
653:
652:
608:
607:
589:'Strumpet City'
582:The Irish Times
551:
546:
545:
532:
530:
519:
518:
514:
504:
502:
496:"Strumpet City"
494:
493:
489:
479:
477:
469:
468:
464:
454:
452:
441:
440:
436:
426:
424:
421:BreakingNews.ie
415:
414:
410:
400:
398:
385:
384:
380:
370:
368:
366:
351:
350:
346:
336:
334:
332:
317:
316:
312:
302:
300:
298:
277:
276:
269:
264:
226:
163:
141:Dublin Lock-out
79:
34:
17:
12:
11:
5:
661:
659:
651:
650:
645:
640:
635:
630:
625:
620:
610:
609:
606:
605:
598:Fintan O'Toole
585:
566:
550:
549:External links
547:
544:
543:
512:
487:
462:
449:Irish Examiner
434:
408:
378:
364:
344:
330:
310:
296:
266:
265:
263:
260:
225:
222:
194:James Connolly
162:
157:
129:James Plunkett
114:
113:
108:
102:
101:
98:
94:
93:
90:
86:
85:
80:
77:
74:
73:
68:
64:
63:
58:
54:
53:
50:
46:
45:
43:James Plunkett
40:
36:
35:
32:
22:Strumpet City
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
660:
649:
646:
644:
641:
639:
636:
634:
631:
629:
626:
624:
621:
619:
616:
615:
613:
604:
602:Strumpet City
601:
599:
594:
593:
590:
586:
584:
583:
578:
576:
575:Strumpet City
570:
567:
565:
564:
559:
557:
556:Strumpet City
553:
552:
548:
540:
528:
527:
522:
516:
513:
501:
497:
491:
488:
476:
472:
466:
463:
451:
450:
445:
438:
435:
422:
418:
412:
409:
396:
392:
391:Abbey Theatre
388:
382:
379:
367:
361:
357:
356:
348:
345:
333:
327:
323:
322:
314:
311:
299:
293:
289:
285:
281:
274:
272:
268:
261:
259:
257:
253:
252:Strumpet City
249:
248:
242:
240:
235:
232:
223:
221:
219:
215:
211:
207:
203:
199:
198:Strumpet City
195:
191:
187:
186:Abbey Theatre
183:
179:
175:
174:Radio Éireann
171:
168:
161:
158:
156:
154:
150:
146:
142:
138:
134:
130:
126:
122:
121:
120:Strumpet City
112:
111:0-09-918750-7
109:
107:
103:
99:
95:
91:
87:
84:
81:
75:
72:
69:
65:
62:
59:
55:
51:
47:
44:
41:
37:
33:First edition
30:
25:
19:
603:
595:
592:
588:
580:
574:
561:
555:
538:
531:. Retrieved
524:
515:
503:. Retrieved
499:
490:
478:. Retrieved
474:
465:
453:. Retrieved
447:
437:
425:. Retrieved
420:
411:
399:. Retrieved
395:the original
390:
381:
369:. Retrieved
354:
347:
335:. Retrieved
320:
313:
301:. Retrieved
283:
251:
245:
243:
236:
231:The Troubles
227:
216:' speech on
210:Jim Sheridan
201:
197:
181:
169:
164:
159:
149:Hugh Leonard
119:
118:
117:
18:
618:1969 novels
533:10 November
214:Panti Bliss
612:Categories
505:15 October
480:15 October
475:Gill Books
262:References
190:Hutchinson
178:Jim Larkin
167:radio play
145:a TV drama
123:is a 1969
71:Hutchinson
250:included
224:Reception
67:Publisher
526:BBC News
247:BBC News
237:In 2013
49:Language
560:in the
176:, with
170:Big Jim
137:Ireland
131:set in
92:Ireland
52:English
571:asks:
455:24 May
427:24 May
401:24 May
371:24 May
362:
337:24 May
328:
303:24 May
294:
133:Dublin
39:Author
97:Pages
57:Genre
573:"Is
535:2019
507:2022
482:2022
457:2015
429:2015
403:2015
373:2015
360:ISBN
339:2015
326:ISBN
305:2015
292:ISBN
208:and
151:for
106:ISBN
83:1969
579:in
153:RTÉ
147:by
127:by
100:576
614::
537:.
523:.
498:.
473:.
446:.
419:.
389:.
286:.
270:^
258:.
135:,
509:.
484:.
459:.
431:.
405:.
375:.
341:.
307:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
