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Mullen, Patrick R.

The poor bugger's tool Irish modernism, queer labor, and postcolonial history / [electronic resource] : Patrick R. Mullen. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'The Poor Bugger's Tool' - the title taking its name from the veiled reference to Roger Casement in Joyce's 'Ulysses' - draws on writings by Wilde, Synge, Joyce, Jamie O'Neill, and Patrick McCabe to consider how each deploys queer aesthetics to shape inclusive forms of national affiliation and put forward anti-imperialist critiques.

9780199950270 (ebook) : No price


English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Homosexuality in literature.
Queer theory.
Value in literature.
Values in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Nationalism and literature--History.--Ireland
Homosexuality and literature--History.--Ireland
Modernism (Literature)--Ireland.

PR8755 / .M85 2012

820.9353
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