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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mullen, Patrick R.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism.
English literature.
English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Homosexuality and literature--Ireland--History.
Homosexuality and literature.
Homosexuality in literature.
Modernism (Literature)--Ireland.
Modernism (Literature).
Nationalism and literature--Ireland--History.
Nationalism and literature.
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

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