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Revolutionary Bodies: Homoeroticism and the Political Imagination in Irish Writing

Revolutionary Bodies: Homoeroticism and the Political Imagination in Irish Writing

Cronin, Michael G.

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Literary CriticismGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 1526178842
ISBN13: 9781526178848
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: May 28 2024
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.51 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Revolutionary bodies provides a detailed study of the erotics and politics of the male body in Irish fiction. Some of the authors discussed in the book include: Oscar Wilde, Brendan Behan, John Broderick, Colm Tóibín, Keith Ridgway, Jamie O'Neill, Micheál Ó Conghaile and Barry McCrea. The book critically analyses the emergence of contemporary Irish gay fiction since 1993, especially its most notable genres: the coming out romance and the historical romance. It assesses the role of the novel in the evolution of Irish LGBT politics, mapping a literary and cultural space where the utopian aspirations of sexual liberation have clashed with the reformism and neo-liberal political rationality of identity politics.

Revolutionary bodies offers a unique critical intervention into our understanding of queer Irish cultures in the wake of the 2015 referendum and the Varadkar election.

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