Lady Gregory
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Lady Gregory

An Irish Life

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Lady Gregory

An Irish Life

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Lady Gregory, Abbey Theatre founder and patron of W. B. Yeats, writer and daughter of a Galway landowner, became a key figure in the Irish Revival. This new biography investigates Augusta Gregory's varied relationships and the contradictions and achievements of her life. This portrait of a fascinating woman places Lady Gregory in the Ireland of her time, showing how her nationalism in politics and literature shaped her life and work.

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Table of contents

  1. Lady Gregory
  2. Dedication
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Preface
  6. One: Roxborough
  7. Two: Becoming Lady Gregory
  8. Three: Egypt and Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
  9. Four: Mistress of Coole
  10. Five: Last Years with Sir William
  11. Six: Coole and London
  12. Seven: New Directions
  13. Eight: Yeats Comes to Coole
  14. Nine: Patron of the Revival
  15. Ten: Cathleen ni Houlihan
  16. Eleven: An Awakening Imagination
  17. Twelve: The Abbey Theatre
  18. Thirteen: Embroiled
  19. Fourteen: Crisis and Resolution
  20. Fifteen: Tragedies
  21. Sixteen: Shaw and Horniman
  22. Seventeen: America
  23. Eighteen: Theatre and Gallery
  24. Nineteen: The Arrival of War
  25. Twenty: Robert’s Death
  26. Twenty one: Augusta and Margaret
  27. Twenty two: Violence at Gort
  28. Twenty three: Redemption
  29. Twenty four: Last Years
  30. Notes
  31. Bibliography
  32. Index
  33. About the Author
  34. Copyright