Overview
- Provides the first fully theorised queer and comparative reading of Yeats’s and D’Annunzio’s drama
- Draws on a combination of comparative, queer, postcolonial and dramaturgical approaches
- Examines the relationship between sexual politics and representations of sexuality in Irish and Italian theatre
Part of the book series: New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature (NDIIAL)
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-Prof. Patrick Lonergan, University of Galway, Ireland
Queering W. B. Yeats and Gabriele D’Annunzio: Modernist Playwrights offers a fresh, creative, and highly illuminating approach to the work of two essential yet perplexing modern European playwrights. Reading Yeats through the lens of queer theory unlocks some of the contradictions of his treatment of gender and sexuality, demonstrating that they remain profoundly anti-normative and anti-authoritarian even when citing heteronormative or misogynistic tropes. In addition to provocative and generative readings of some of Yeats's and D’Annunzio’s most difficult plays, Balazs’s book offers a treasure trove of information about modernist theatrical production and the performers who brought these dramas to life. The questions raised in this book about the arts and authority could not possibly be more timely. This book will be essential reading for anyone drawn to the fascinating world of modern European drama.
-Susan Cannon Harris, University of Notre Dame
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Book Title: Queering W. B. Yeats and Gabriele D’Annunzio
Book Subtitle: Modernist Playwrights
Authors: Zsuzsanna Balázs
Series Title: New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42068-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-42067-2Published: 23 November 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-42070-2Due: 24 December 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-42068-9Published: 22 November 2023
Series ISSN: 2731-3182
Series E-ISSN: 2731-3190
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 258
Topics: Literary History, Drama, Queer Studies, Theatre History, Gender Studies