Title States of Desire : Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and the Irish Experiment

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (295 pages) Contents Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Reading and "Irish" Desire; 2. Wilde's Desire: A Study in Green; 3. "Horrible Splendour of Desire": The Will of W.B. Yeats; 4. Joyful Desire: Giacomo Joyce and Finnegans Wake; 5. Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index Summary This study shows how the writings of Wilde, Yeats, and Joyce are politically subversive in the most local and dangerous sense of the term: they aim to take apart the assumptions and verbal practices that make dominance possible Notes Print version record Subject Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 -- Criticism and interpretation Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Joyce, James, 1882-1941 fast Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 fast Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 fast Subject English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism National characteristics, Irish, in literature. English literature English literature -- Irish authors Literature National characteristics, Irish, in literature SUBJECT Ireland -- In literature Subject Ireland Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780195353884 0195353889

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