Lazy Idle Schemers: Irish Modernism and the Cultural Politics of IdlenessGregory Dobbins argues that the cultural politics of Irish modernism lie precisely in its engagement with the concept of idleness. |
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Contents
Wilde Yeats and the Origins of the Lazy Idle Schemer | 32 |
Ulysses and the Right to Laziness | 63 |
Stephen Dedalus and the Unworking of the Revival | 88 |
Eimar ODuffy Heroic Idleness and the Leisure State | 122 |
Samuel Beckett and the Philosophy of Idleness | 150 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Lazy Idle Schemers: Irish Modernism and the Cultural Politics of Idleness Volume 6 of FD files Volume 6 of Field Day files |
| Author | Gregory Dobbins |
| Publisher | Field Day Publications, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0946755507, 9780946755509 |
| Length | 232 pages |
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