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Lady Gregory's Toothbrush

Autor: Colm Tóibín
Czyta: Derbhle Crotty
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Colm Tóibín's Lady Gregory's Toothbrush is a beautiful insight into the life of outspoken Irishwoman, Augusta Gregory.

A remarkable figure in Celtic history, she was married to an MP and land-owner, yet retained an unprecedented independence of both thought and deed, actively championing causes close to her heart. At once conservative and radical in her beliefs, she saw no conflict in idealizing and mythologizing the Irish peasantry, for example, while her landlord husband introduced legislation that would, in part, lead to the widespread misery, poverty and starvation of the Great Famine. Nevertheless, as founder of the Abbey Theatre, an outspoken opponent of censorship, and mentor, muse, and mother-figure to W. B. Yeats, Augusta Gregory played a pivotal role in shaping Irish literary and dramatic history.

Moreover, despite her parents’ early predictions of spinsterhood, she was no matronly figure, engaging in a passionate affair while newly-wedded and, as she approached sixty, falling for a man almost twenty years her junior.

Aktywiści Historyczne Kobiety Pisarze Politycy Polityka i działalność społeczna Sztuka i literatura
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Biographical portraits are too often nowadays smudged in a surfeit of words . . . this one is a brilliant illumination.
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I personally loved this book. It tells the story of lady Gregory. I never heard about her before, but Colm Tolbín and the title made me curious. It was a delightful journey about society, traditions, Ireland and also Yeats and other writers. Great!

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