The Judas kiss : treason and betrayal in six modern Irish novels /

This book argues that modern Irish history encompasses a deep-seated fear of betrayal, and that this fear has been especially prevalent since the revolutionary period at the outset of the twentieth century. The author goes on to argue that the novel is the literary form most apt for the exploration...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smyth, Gerry, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Irish fiction > History and criticism.
English fiction > History and criticism.
Betrayal in literature.
Roman irlandais > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > Histoire et critique.
Trahison (Morale) dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century
English fiction.
Irish fiction.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: betrayal and the Irish novel
  • Part 1. A short history of betrayal
  • Déirdre and the sons of Usnach: a case study in Irish betrayal
  • Part 2. 'Trust not appearances': James Joyce's Ulysses (1922)
  • The landscape of betrayal: Liam O'Flaherty's The Informer (1925)
  • A spy in the house of love: Elizabeth Bowen's The Heat of the Day (1949)
  • Jesus or Judas? Francis Stuart's Black list, Section H (1971)
  • 'Cangled both to treachery': Eugene McCabe's Death and Nightingales (1992)
  • 'A family--a whole fucking country--drowning in shame': Anne Enright's The Gathering (2007).

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