States of Desire - Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and the Irish Experiment

An intimate study of the three giants in Irish literary history (Oscar Wilde, William Butler Yeats, and James Joyce), States of Desire argues that what people desire is fundamentally connected to how they write and read.

Sommario

• Abbreviations


• Introduction


• Chapter 1: Wilde's Desire: A Study in Green


• Chapter 2: "Horrible Splendour of Desire": The Will of W.B. Yeats


• Chapter 3: Joyful Desire: Giacomo Joyce and Finnegans Wake


• Conclusion


• Notes


• Selected Bibliography


• Index

Info autore

Vicki Mahaffey is Kirkpatrick Professor of English and Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Riassunto

An intimate study of the three giants in Irish literary history (Oscar Wilde, William Butler Yeats, and James Joyce), States of Desire argues that what people desire is fundamentally connected to how they write and read.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Vicki Mahaffey, Vicki (Professor of English Mahaffey, Mahaffey Vicki
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9780190623982
• ISBN: 978-0-19-062398-2
• Pagine: 298
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Ireland, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000