Space and Irish Lesbian Fiction - Towards a Queer Liminality

Space and Irish Lesbian Fiction offers an original and much needed study of Irish Lesbian fiction, evaluating a wide body of Irish lesbian fiction ranging from the Victorian era to the contemporary age.

List of contents

Introduction: 'It was not in the light we lived, but in the spaces between - in the darkness'
Chapter One: Inversion and queer liminality in the Nineteenth-century
Chapter Two: Liminal spaces and minority communities in the Twentieth-century
Chapter Three: Embracing queer liminal space in the late Twentieth-century
Chapter Four: (Liminal?) lesbians in the mainstream: 'Popular' lesbian fiction
Conclusion: The lesbian death (bed): Contemporary 'queer' Irish and Northern Irish writing

About the author

Amy Jeffrey holds a PhD in Irish literature from Queen's University Belfast, where she has taught for several years. She has published widely in the field of Irish studies, women's and LGBTQ+ writing and culture. Her work has appeared in Intertexts: A Journal of Comparative and Theoretical Reflection and The Journal of International Women's Studies. In 2019 her work was shortlisted by the Feminist and Women's Studies Association postgraduate essay competition. Amy is also a writer of horror fiction and contributes regularly to Bindweed Literary Magazine.

Summary

Space and Irish Lesbian Fiction offers an original and much needed study of Irish Lesbian fiction, evaluating a wide body of Irish lesbian fiction ranging from the Victorian era to the contemporary age.

Product details

• Authors: Amy Jeffrey
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032009483
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3200948-3
• No. of pages: 166
• Series: Routledge Studies in Irish Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism