James Joyce's Legacies in Contemporary Irish Women's Writing

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-89950-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Irish Literature

James Joyce’s Legacies in Contemporary Irish Women’s Writing is a ground-breaking study that, for the first time, explores in depth the influence of James Joyce on Irish women writers, from his contemporaries to more recent voices. With a particular focus on Anne Enright’s The Gathering, Eimear McBride’s A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing and Emilie Pine’s Ruth & Pen, this book examines how Irish women writers have engaged with Joyce’s legacy.

Unlike their male counterparts, who have often felt overshadowed by Joyce’s influence, Irish women writers have embraced and expanded upon his work, viewing it not as a constraint but as an opening to new creative possibilities. This book will be of particular value to Joyce scholars working in feminism and reception studies, as well as students of Irish literature and women’s writing. It offers fresh insights into the evolving landscape of Irish literature and complicates Harold Bloom’s theory of the Anxiety of Influence, demonstrating how women writers perceive canonical figures like Joyce not as rivals, but as trailblazers.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mastronardi, Annalisa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Interrupted Silences

1. Women in James Joyce’s Work

2. The Reception of Joyce in Irish Women’s Writing

3. Anne Enright’s The Gathering

4. Eimear McBride’s A Girl’s a Half-formed Thing

5. Emilie Pine’s Ruth & Pen

Conclusion: Reimagining Joyce

In Her Views

Interview with Anne Enright

Interview with Emilie Pine

Interview with Mary Morrissy

Über Autor(innen)

Annalisa Mastronardi holds a PhD in Irish Literature from Dublin City University, where she explored the legacies of James Joyce’s work in contemporary Irish women’s writing.