Lady Gregory and Italy: a lasting and profitable relationship.

From: Irish University Review: a journal of Irish Studies | Date: March 22, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Lady Gregory's relationship with Italy was a long and profitable one and her biography as well as her literary work provide evidence for this fact which still has not been investigated except for a recent conference in Italy. (1) In considering this connection, I shall draw from her journals and her autobiography, Seventy Years, (2) which consists of a series of long narratives of strong dramatic quality, as the writer objectifies her world in a dynamic context of interrelated voices. (3) Sometimes she speaks of herself in the third person singular and gives us a smiling, or ...

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