States of desire : Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and the Irish experiment /

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Mahaffey's fascinating study shows how the writings of Wilde, Yeats, and Joyce are politically subversive in the most local and dangerous sense of the term: they aim to take apart the assumptions and verbal practices that make dominance possible. Each writer developed an experimental style out...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mahaffey, Vicki
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Yeats, W. B. > (William Butler), > 1865-1939 > Criticism and interpretation.
Wilde, Oscar, > 1854-1900 > Criticism and interpretation.
Joyce, James, > 1882-1941 > Criticism and interpretation.
Yeats, W. B. > (William Butler), > 1865-1939 > Critique et interprétation.
Wilde, Oscar, > 1854-1900 > Critique et interprétation.
Joyce, James, > 1882-1941 > Critique et interprétation.
Joyce, James, > 1882-1941
Wilde, Oscar, > 1854-1900
Yeats, W. B. > (William Butler), > 1865-1939
1800-1999
English literature > Irish authors > History and criticism.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
National characteristics, Irish, in literature.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Irish in literature.
Littérature anglaise > Auteurs irlandais > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Irlandais dans la littérature.
Irlande dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature
English literature > Irish authors
Literature
National characteristics, Irish, in literature
Nationale kenmerken.
Ireland > In literature.
Irlande > Dans la littérature.
Ireland
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Reading and ""Irish"" Desire; 2. Wilde's Desire: A Study in Green; 3. ""Horrible Splendour of Desire"": The Will of W.B. Yeats; 4. Joyful Desire: Giacomo Joyce and Finnegans Wake; 5. Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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