Impure Thoughts CB: Sexuality, Catholicism and Literature in Twentieth-Century Ireland

by Michael Cronin

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719086132
• ISBN13: 9780719086137
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"