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Impure Thoughts: Sexuality, Catholicism and Literature in Twentieth-Century Ireland
Hardback
Main Details
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Impure Thoughts: Sexuality, Catholicism and Literature in Twentieth-Century Ireland
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Michael G. Cronin
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:256 | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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Category/Genre | Literary studies - from c 1900 - Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780719086137
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Classifications | Dewey:823.009353 |
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Audience | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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Publication Date |
30 November 2012 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Impure thoughts is the first study of the twentieth-century Irish Catholic Bildungsroman. This comparative examination of six Irish novelists tracks the historical evolution of a literary genre and its significant role in Irish culture. With chapters on James Joyce and Kate O'Brien, along with studies of Maura Laverty, Patrick Kavanagh, Edna O'Brien and John McGahern, this book offers a fresh new approach to the study of twentieth-century Irish writing and of the twentieth-century novel. Combining the study of literature and of archival material, Impure thoughts also develops a new interpretive framework for studying the history of sexuality in twentieth-century Ireland. Addressing itself to a wide set of interdisciplinary questions about Irish sexuality, modernity and post-colonial development, as well as Irish literature, it will be of interest to students and scholars in various disciplines, including literary studies, history, sociology and gender studies. -- .
Author Biography
Michael G. Cronin is Lecturer in English at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth -- .
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