| A Tragedy of Cola's Furie or Lirenda's Miserie by Henry Burkhead Contributor(s): Lynch, Angelina (Editor), Coughlan, Patricia (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1846821088 ISBN-13: 9781846821080 Publisher: Four Courts Press OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2009 Annotation: Colas Furie (1646) by Henry Burkhead was published in Kilkenny during the Catholic Confederacy. A fascinating composite of history play and revenge tragedy, the drama allegorizes the events and leading figures of the Irish wars prior to the Ormond cessation of 1643. At the heart of the struggle between the noble Lirendians (the Confederate Irish) and the cruel Angoleans (the puritan New English) is the title character Sir Carola Cola, a representation of Sir Charles Coote Senior, a New English commander infamous for his brutality. Burkhead depicts Cola as a demonic figure whose vengeful furie becomes symbolic of the hidden dynamics of a corrupt authority. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Drama - History | Europe - Ireland |
| Dewey: 822.4 |
| LCCN: 2009281387 |
| Series: Literature of Early Modern Ireland |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.80 lbs) 118 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Ireland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cola's Furie (1646) by Henry Burkhead was published in Kilkenny during the Catholic Confederacy. A fascinating composite of history play and revenge tragedy, the drama allegorizes the events and leading figures of the Irish wars prior to the Ormond cessation of 1643. At the heart of the struggle between the noble Lirendians (the Confederate Irish) and the cruel Angoleans (the puritan New English) is the title character Sir Carola Cola, a representation of Sir Charles Coote Senior, a New English commander infamous for his brutality. Burkhead depicts Cola as a demonic figure whose vengeful 'furie' becomes symbolic of the hidden dynamics of a corrupt authority. |