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:

xx, 257 pages ; 24 cm.

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"-- cc Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

An introduction in three parts

From haunted holdings in 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 possessions and dispossession on-screen

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

Trajectories: queer possessions and otherworldly pleasures

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-242) and index.

Other Format:

Online version Mullen, Patrick R., 1971- Queer possessions

ISBN:

9780815612131

0815612133

OCLC:

1541904936