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Suspicious Readings of Joyce's "Dubliners"
Because the stories in James Joyce's Dubliners seem to function as models of fiction, they are able to stand in for fiction in general in their ability to make the operation of texts explicit and visible. Joyce's stories do this by provoking skepticism in the face of their storytelling. Their narrative unreliabilities—produced by strange gaps, omitted scenes, and misleading narrative prompts—arouse suspicion and oblige the reader to distrust how and why the story is told. As a result, one is prompted to look into what is concealed, omitted, or left unspoken, a quest that often produces interpretations in conflict with what the narrative surface suggests about characters and events. Margo...
The Compass
Recreates the time, the place, the personalities and the magic of the Compass theatre workshop.
Irish Orientalism
Centuries before W. B. Yeats wove Indian, Japanese, and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinships in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the unacknowledged discourse of Irish Orientalism within Ireland's complex colonial heritage.
Irish Literature
Irish literature's roots have been traced to the 7th-9th century. This is a rich and hardy literature starting with descriptions of the brave deeds of kings, saints and other heroes. These were followed by generous veins of religious, historical, genealogical, scientific and other works. The development of prose, poetry and drama raced along with the times. Modern, well-known Irish writers include: William Yeats, James Joyce, Sean Casey, George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, John Synge and Samuel Beckett.
The Practical Guide to Aging
Experts in their relative fields discuss topics such as the normal processes of aging, how laws affect the elderly, what forms of exercise are most beneficial at various stages of life, family issues, and more.
Joyce, Benjamin and Magical Urbanism
Preliminary material /Editors Joyce, Benjamin and Magical Urbanism -- CONTENTS /Editors Joyce, Benjamin and Magical Urbanism -- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE /Editors Joyce, Benjamin and Magical Urbanism -- INTRODUCTION: JOYCE, BENJAMIN AND MAGICAL URBANISM /ENDA DUFFY and MAURIZIA BOSCAGLI -- ARCADIAN ITHACA /DOUGLAS MAO -- MEMORIAL DUBLIN /ELLEN CAROL JONES -- THE COMMUNIST FLÂNEUR, OR, JOYCE'S BOREDOM /PATRICK MCGEE -- SPECTACLE RECONSIDERED: JOYCEAN SYNAESTHETICS AND THE DIALECTIC OF THE MUTOSCOPE /MAURIZIA BOSCAGLI -- BENJAMIN, JOYCE AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE DEAD /GRAHAM MACPHEE -- THE HAPPY RING HOUSE /ENDA DUFFY -- JOYCE, BENJAMIN, AND THE FUTURITY OF FICTION /HEYWARD EHRLICH -- “THAT BANTRY JOBBER:” WILLIAM MARTIN MURPHY AND THE CRITIQUE OF PROGRESS AND PRODUCTIVITY IN ULYSSES /SCOTT KAUFMAN -- THE VERTICAL FLÂNEUR: NARRATORIAL TRADECRAFT IN THE COLONIAL METROPOLIS /PAUL K. SAINT-AMOUR.
Exhausted Ecologies
Modern literature and environmentalism combined ecology, psychology, and aesthetics to restore communal well-being to the United Kingdom after world war.
Joyce Studies Annual 2015
An indispensable resource for scholars and students of James Joyce, Joyce Studies Annual gathers essays by foremost scholars and emerging voices in the field.
The Ashgate Research Companion to Nineteenth-Century Spiritualism and the Occult
Critical attention to the Victorian supernatural has flourished over the last twenty-five years. Whether it is spiritualism or Theosophy, mesmerism or the occult, the dozens of book-length studies and hundreds of articles that have appeared recently reflect the avid scholarly discussion of Victorian mystical practices. Designed both for those new to the field and for experts, this volume is organized into sections covering the relationship between Victorian spiritualism and science, the occult and politics, and the culture of mystical practices. The Ashgate Research Companion to Nineteenth-Century Spiritualism and the Occult brings together some of the most prominent scholars working in the field to introduce current approaches to the study of nineteenth-century mysticism and to define new areas for research.
