The poor bugger's tool : Irish modernism, queer labor, and postcolonial history / Patrick R. Mullen.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Mullen, Patrick R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism.
• English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
• Homosexuality and literature--Ireland--History.
• Homosexuality in literature.
• Modernism (Literature)--Ireland.
• Nationalism and literature--Ireland--History.
• Postcolonialism in literature.
• Queer theory.
• Value in literature.
• Values in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Irish modernism, queer labor, and postcolonial history

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'The Poor Bugger's Tool' - the title taking its name from the veiled reference to Roger Casement in Joyce's 'Ulysses' - draws on writings by Wilde, Synge, Joyce, Jamie O'Neill, and Patrick McCabe to consider how each deploys queer aesthetics to shape inclusive forms of national affiliation and put forward anti-imperialist critiques.

Contents:

• Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Oscar Wilde and the Greatest Mystery of Modern Literature: Aesthetics, Affect, and Value; 2. J. M. Synge and the Aesthetics of Intelligent Sympathy; 3. Roger Casement's Global English: From Human Rights to the Homoerotic; 4. Ruling Passion: James Joyce, Roger Casement, and the Drama of Universal Love; 5. The Queer Labors of Patrick McCabe and Neil Jordan: Novel, Television, Cinema; 6. "Sinn Feiners, me arse. I'm a socialist, never doubt about it": Jamie O'Neill's At Swim, Two Boys and the Queer Project of Socialism; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D
• EF; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 9, 2012).
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 0-19-999641-5
• 0-19-060426-3
• 9786613655462
• 1-280-67853-4
• 0-19-983805-4

OCLC:

812785044