Revolutionary Damnation: Badiou and Irish Fiction from Joyce to Enright Contributor(s): Brivic, Sheldon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815634536 ISBN-13: 9780815634539 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $64.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: 823.910 |
LCCN: 2017001836 |
Series: Irish Studies |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.46 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In Irish fiction, the most famous example of the embrace of damnation in order to gain freedom--politically, religiously, and creatively--is Joyce's Stephen Dedalus. His non serviam, though, is not just the profound rebellion of one frustrated young man, but, as Brivic demonstrates in this sweeping account of twentieth-century Irish fiction, the emblematic and necessary standpoint for any |