Title Yeats's nations : gender, class, and Irishness / Marjorie Howes

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996

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Description ix, 240 pages ; 24 cm Contents 1. That sweet insinuating feminine voice: hysterics, peasants, and the Celtic movement -- 2. Fair Erin as landlord: femininity and Anglo-Irish politics in The Countess Cathleen -- 3. When the mob becomes a people: nationalism and occult theatre -- 4. In the bedroom of the Big House: kindred, crisis, and Anglo-Irish nationality -- 5. Desiring women: feminine sexuality and Irish nationality in "A Woman Young and Old" -- 6. The rule of kindred: eugenics, Purgatory, and Yeats's race philosophy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-235) and index Notes Also available online via the World Wide Web by subscription to netLibrary, Inc. (CEIRC Shared Collection) Subject Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 -- Political and social views. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939. National characteristics, Irish, in literature. Nationalism and historiography. Nationalism -- Ireland -- Historiography. Nationalism. Politics and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century. Politics and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century. Sex in literature. Nationalism in literature. Social classes in literature. SUBJECT Ireland -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104923 Author NetLibrary, Inc. LC no. 96005392 ISBN 0521563623 (hardcover) 0521645271 (paperback)

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