TY - BOOK ID - 77889553 TI - The question of Irish identity in the writings of William Butler Yeats and James Joyce PY - 1998 SN - 0773421416 9780773421417 0773482377 9780773482371 PB - Lewiston, NY Edwin Mellen Press DB - UniCat KW - English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism. KW - Group identity in literature. KW - Ireland -- In literature. KW - Joyce -- James -- 1882-1941 -- Knowledge -- Ireland. KW - Literature and society -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century. KW - National characteristics, Irish, in literature. KW - Yeats -- B. -- William Butler -- 1865-1939 -- Knowledge -- Ireland. KW - English literature KW - Literature and society KW - National characteristics, Irish, in literature KW - Group identity in literature KW - English KW - Languages & Literatures KW - English Literature KW - Literature KW - Literature and sociology KW - Society and literature KW - Sociology and literature KW - Sociolinguistics KW - British literature KW - Inklings (Group of writers) KW - Nonsense Club (Group of writers) KW - Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) KW - History and criticism KW - Irish authors KW - History KW - Social aspects KW - Yeats, W. B. KW - Joyce, James, KW - Knowledge KW - Ireland. KW - Ireland KW - In literature. KW - Joyce, James Augustine Aloysius KW - Joyce, James KW - Dzhoĭs, Dzheĭms Avgustin Aloiziĭ KW - Džoiss, Džeimss KW - Gʻois, Gʻaims KW - Joyce, Giacomo KW - Jūyis, Jīms KW - Tzoys, Tzaiēms KW - Tzoys, Tzeēms KW - Джойс, Джеймс KW - Джойс, Джеймс Августин Алоїсуїс KW - Zhoĭs, Zheĭms KW - ג׳ויס, ג׳ײמס, KW - ג׳ויס, ג׳יימס, KW - ジョイス KW - ジェームスジョイス, KW - Yeats, William Butler KW - D. E. D. I., KW - Daemon Est Deus Inversus, KW - Ganconagh, KW - I., D. E. D., KW - Йейтс, У. Б. KW - Ĭeĭts, U. B. KW - Йейтс, Уильям Батлер, KW - Ĭeĭts, Uilʹi︠a︡m Batler, KW - Weilian Batele Yezhi, KW - Yeṭs, Ṿilyam Baṭler, KW - יטס, יטלאם בטלר KW - ייטס, ויליאם בטלר, KW - 威廉,巴特勒,叶芝, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77889553 AB - This study seeks to redefine the notions of Irishness and of Irish identity which have been current in cultural and socio-political discourse since the beginning of this century, and secondly, it offers readings of the work of William Butler Yeats and James Joyce which demonstrate their similar negative epistemologies of identity. It is part of the work's argument that cultural and aesthetic writings have seminal influences on the political infrastructure of the modern nation, and so the book analyzes the political import of cultural and literary movements. In what is possibly the first such p ER -