TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smyth,Gerry
TI  - The Judas kiss: treason and betrayal in six modern Irish novels 
SN  - 9780719098253
AV  - PR8722.B468 S69 2015
U1  - 823/.009355 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Irish fiction
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - English fiction
KW  - Betrayal in literature
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: betrayal and the Irish novel -- Part 1. A short history of betrayal -- D�eirdre and the sons of Usnach: a case study in Irish betrayal -- Part 2. 'Trust not appearances': James Joyce's Ulysses (1922) -- The landscape of betrayal: Liam O'Flaherty's The Informer (1925) -- A spy in the house of love: Elizabeth Bowen's The Heat of the Day (1949) -- Jesus or Judas? Francis Stuart's Black list, Section H (1971) -- 'Cangled both to treachery': Eugene McCabe's Death and Nightingales (1992) -- 'A family--a whole fucking country--drowning in shame': Anne Enright's The Gathering (2007)
N2  - This book argues that modern Irish history encompasses a deep-seated fear of betrayal, and that this fear has been especially prevalent since the revolutionary period at the outset of the twentieth century. The author goes on to argue that the novel is the literary form most apt for the exploration of betrayal in its social, political and psychological dimensions. The significance of this thesis comes into focus in terms of a number of recent developments -- most notably, the economic downturn (and the political and civic betrayals implicated therein) and revelations of the Catholic Church's failure in its pastoral mission.--Provided by publisher
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