Queer possessions creative criticism and modern Irish literature Patrick R. Mullen

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mullen, Patrick R., author.

Series:

Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)

Irish studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--Irish authors--History and criticism.

English fiction.

English fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Queer theory.

Sexual minorities in literature.

LGBTQ+ literature.

LGBTQ+ people.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Creative nonfiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York Syracuse University Press 2026

Summary:

"Too often, fleeting moments rooted in queer experience have appeared in popular fiction, only to be little remarked upon, often noted only as a sign of continuing neoliberal social advances. In Queer Possessions: Creative Criticism and Modern Irish Literature, Patrick Mullen makes the case for a more personal analysis of these moments, finding ways for readers to create new meaning and explore closer readings of key texts. Queer Possessions is divided between close readings of modern Irish novels and films and creative readings of the same texts, to give readers the tools to engage more deeply with the process of analysis and criticism. In the first mode, Mullen examines how modern Irish literature has frequently featured comedy to represent queer sexuality and economic crisis in the twenty-first century. This analysis allows for the second mode, in which the text helps readers to assume a critical role, encouraging their own creative readings of texts and imagining more of the works. Equal parts critical and playful, Queer Possessions works to rediscover misplaced queer history, encourage new forms of experiencing text, and empower readers to create new interpretations and works"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

An introduction in three parts

From haunted holdings to queer ecology in Claire Kilroy’s The Devil I Know

Narrative credit, gay jokes, and art in Paul Murray’s The Mark and the Void

“One of my own” : queer possessions in Belinda McKeon’s “Tender”

“Have nothing, they have” : queer possession and dispossession on-screen

Colm Tóibín’s Nora Webster, queer feminism, and the repossession of the future

Trajectories : queer possessions and otherworldly pleasures

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed April 6, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Mullen, Patrick R. Queer possessions

ISBN:

0815657838

9780815657835

OCLC:

1583220194