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

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mullen, Patrick R.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	English literature > Irish authors > History and criticism. English literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Homosexuality in literature. Queer theory. Value in literature. Values in literature. Postcolonialism in literature. Nationalism and literature > Ireland > History. Homosexuality and literature > Ireland > History. Modernism (Literature) > Ireland. Littérature anglaise > Auteurs irlandais > Histoire et critique. Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Homosexualité dans la littérature. Théorie queer. Valeur dans la littérature. Postcolonialisme dans la littérature. Nationalisme et littérature > Irlande > Histoire. Homosexualité et littérature > Irlande > Histoire. Modernisme (Littérature) > Irlande. English literature English literature > Irish authors Homosexuality and literature Homosexuality in literature Modernism (Literature) Nationalism and literature Postcolonialism in literature Queer theory Value in literature Values in literature Ireland LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. 1900-1999 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Table of 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
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