The Judas kiss : Treason and betrayal in six modern Irish novels /: Treason and betrayal in six modern Irish novels. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gerry Smyth.
• Authors: Smyth, Gerry
• Contents: Introduction: Betrayal and the Irish Novel; Part I; 1. A short history of betrayal; 2. Déirdre and the Sons of Usnach: a case study in Irish betrayal; Part II; 3. ‘Trust not appearances’ – James Joyce’s Ulysses (1922); 4. the landscape of betrayal – Liam O’Flaherty’s The Informer (1925); 5. a spy in the house of love– Elizabeth Bowen’s The Heat of the Day (1949); 6. Jesus or Judas? – Francis Stuart’s Black List, Section H (1971); 7. ‘Cangled both to treachery’ – Eugene McCabe’s Death and Nightingales (1993); 8. ‘A family – a whole fucking country – drowning in shame’ – Anne Enright’s The Gathering (2007); Index
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (264 pages)
• Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General; Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780719098246; 0719098246
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.