Revolutionary Damnation: Badiou and Irish Fiction from Joyce to Enright

by Sheldon Brivic

Book Overview

In Irish fiction, the most famous example of the embrace of damnation in order to gain freedom--politically, religiously, and creatively--is Joyce's Stephen Dedalus. His "non serviam," though, is not just the profound rebellion of one frustrated young man, but, as Brivic demonstrates in this sweeping account of twentieth-century Irish fiction, the emblematic and necessary standpoint for any artist wishing to envision something truly new. Revolutionary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815634358
• ISBN13: 9780815634355
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.8"