Ireland, the Irish, and the Rise of Biofiction

Ireland, the Irish, and the Rise of Biofiction

Michael Lackey first examines the groundbreaking biofictions that Oscar Wilde and George Moore authored in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as well as the best biographical novels about Wilde (by Peter Ackroyd and Colm Tóibín). He then focuses on contemporary authors of biofiction (Sabina Murray, Graham Shelby, Anne Enright, and Mario Vargas Llosa, who Lackey has interviewed for this work) who use the lives of prominent Irish figures (Roger Casement and Eliza Lynch) to explore the challenges of seizing and securing a life-promoting form of agency within a colonial and patriarchal context.

Professor Michael Lackey (Distinguished McKnight University Professor of English, University of Minnesota, USA)

• Bloomsbury Academic USA
• 9781501378515
• 288 pages
• Paperback / softback
• United States
• British & Irish history