EPISODE · Jun 6, 2025 · 56 MIN
It's All About Tuberculosis: Seán O'Casey's Critical Look at the Easter Rising
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Recorded May 8th, 2025. A talk by Dr. Barry Devine as part of the TCD Medical/Health Humanities Seminar Series. Seán O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars is often described as a play about The Easter Rising, but the ever-present spectre of tuberculosis in the play overshadows the politics in favor of more humanitarian concerns in 1916 Dublin. Barry Devine is an Associate Professor of English at Heidelberg University (Ohio). He teaches Irish modernism, critical theory, women's literature, and queer literature.
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Recorded May 8th, 2025. A talk by Dr. Barry Devine as part of the TCD Medical/Health Humanities Seminar Series. Seán O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars is often described as a play about The Easter Rising, but the ever-present spectre of tuberculosis in the play overshadows the politics in favor of more humanitarian concerns in 1916 Dublin. Barry Devine is an Associate Professor of English at Heidelberg University (Ohio). He teaches Irish modernism, critical theory, women's literature, and queer literature.
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