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Geraldine Dorothy Cummins (1890–1969) was an Irish spiritualist medium, novelist and playwright.〔Lewis Spence. (1991). ''Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology''. Gale Research Company. p. 370. ISBN 978-0810301962〕 She began her career as a creative writer, but increasingly concentrated on mediumship and "channelled" writings, mostly about the lives of Jesus and Saint Paul, though she also published on a range of other topics. Her novels and plays typically documented Irish life in a naturalist manner, often exploring the pathos of everyday life. ==Early life and creative literature== She was born Cork, Ireland, the daughter of the physician Ashley Cummins, professor of medicine at the National University of Ireland. In her youth she was an athlete, becoming a member of the Irish Women's International Hockey Team. She was also active as a suffragette. Her desire to follow her father in a medical career was vetoed by her mother, so she began a literary career as a journalist and creative writer. From 1913 to 1917 she wrote three plays for the Abbey Theatre in collaboration with Suzanne R. Day, the most successful of which was the comedy ''Fox and Geese'' (1917).〔Alexander G. Gonzalez, ''Irish Women Writers: An A-To-Z Guide'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006, pp.76–78.〕 She published the novel ''The Land they Loved'' in 1919, a naturalistic study of working class Irish life. As she concentrated on mediumship, her literary work tailed off. However, she continued to publish creative literature in her later years. Her solo-written play, ''Till Yesterday Comes Again'' was produced by the Chanticleer Theatre, London, in 1938. She also published another novel, ''Fires of Beltane'' (1936) and a short-story collection ''Variety Show'' (1959).〔 Literary critic Alexander G. Gonzalez says that her work tries to encompass the full range of Irish social life, from the aristocracy to the lower classes. In this respect she was influenced by Somerville and Ross. Gonzalez considers her short story "The Tragedy of Eight Pence" to be the "finest" of her writings, the tale of a "happily married woman trying to shield her ill husband from the knowledge that his death will leave her penniless."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geraldine Cummins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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