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Ireland, the Irish, and the rise of biofiction

Title
Ireland, the Irish, and the rise of biofiction / Michael Lackey.
Author
Lackey, Michael
Publication
  • New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Description
1 online resource.
Series Statement
Biofiction studies
Subject
  • Biographical fiction, English > History and criticism
  • English fiction > Irish authors > History and criticism
  • Irish in literature
  • Biography as a literary form
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 11, 2021).
Contents
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Ireland, the Irish, and Biofiction -- I. Historical Context for the Rise of Biofiction -- 1. Oscar Wilde and the Invention of a Life-Creating Fiction -- 2. George Moore's The Brook Kerith and the Scandal of the Biographical Novel -- II. Irish Figures as Biofictional Symbols -- 3. Roger Casement and the Transnational Origins of "Irishness" -- 4. Traumatized Agency in Eliza Lynch Biographical Novels -- III. Theoretical Reflections about Biofiction -- 5. A Poetics of the Biographical Novel: Agency, History, Fiction -- 6. Why Names Matter: Concluding Reflections about Autonomy and Biofiction -- Appendix: Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN
  • 9781501378508
  • 1501378503
  • 1501378481
  • 9781501378492
  • 150137849X
  • 9781501378485
LCCN
  • 2021023831
  • 10.5040/9781501378508
OCLC
2021023831
Author
Lackey, Michael, author.
Title
Ireland, the Irish, and the rise of biofiction / Michael Lackey.
Publisher
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
Biofiction studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Note
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 11, 2021).
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EBSCOhost
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Print version: Lackey, Michael. Ireland, the Irish, and the rise of biofiction New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021 9781501378478 (DLC) 2021023830
Other Standard Identifier
10.5040/9781501378508 doi
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