Dedication	8
	Contents	10
	Acknowledgments	12
	Introduction	14
	1 Kathleen ni Houlihan and the Perception of Propaganda	36
	2 Yeats: The Inner Life on the National Stage	56
	3 Gregory: Nationality as Narrative	86
	4 Synge: The Liberation of Language	131
	5 The Playboy of the Western World and the End of Artistic Nationalism	162
	Notes	186
	Bibliography	200
	Index	206