Watch a dramatization of The Well of the Saints by Irish literary renaissance poetic dramatist J.M. Synge
This 1975 dramatization of Irish playwright J.M. Synge's three-act play The Well of the Saints was produced by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.“If for a day joy masters me / Think not my wounds are healed.”
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.How did Gatsby become so…great?
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn about essential elements of the novel—including mood, motivation, characterization, and style—with editor and anthologist Clifton Fadiman and actors from London's Old Vic theater company. This is a 1962 production of Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.
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University College Cork, Ireland (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn about the importance of Dante's Inferno to Irish writers and artists.
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Courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library; CC-BY-SA 4.0 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Writing by women in English during the 16th and 17th centuries is more common than once thought—and women scholars today are leading efforts to rediscover these authors.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.“It is a truth universally acknowledged...”Media Editors: Meg Matthias , Lauren Sims
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University College Cork, Ireland (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn about Mnemosyne Lay in Dust (1966), a long poem by Irish writer Austin Clarke recalling his experience of mental disorder and hospitalization as a young man.
