Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know : The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce Paperback / softback
by Colm Toibin
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An intimate study of three of Ireland's greatest writers from one of its best-loved contemporary voices, Colm TóibÃn__________________In Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know Colm TóibÃn takes three of Ireland's greatest writers - Oscar Wilde, W.B.
Yeats and James Joyce - and examines their earliest influences: their fathers.
With his inimitable wit and sensitivity, TóibÃn introduces us to Wilde Senior, the philandering doctor whose libel case prefigured that of his son; the elder Yeats, an impoverished artist who never finished a painting; and to John Stanislaus Joyce, the hard-drinking, storytelling father of James, who couldn't feed his own family. This is an illuminating study of how each of these men cast a long shadow not only over the lives of their famous sons, but over the works for which they are celebrated and cherished. __________________'Astonishing to read. TóibÃn has a hawk-like eye for literary subtleties, and a generosity towards his subjects that is warm' Sunday Times'Funny, exciting, illuminating, wonderful, so engaging.
Tells us more than a little about our own selves along the way' Irish Times'There is something interesting and insightful on almost every page' Observer'Sparkling, subtle, witty and often deeply moving . . . A classic' Fintan O'Toole, New Statesman'Scintillating, imaginative, enlightening and powerfully moving throughout' Roy Foster, Spectator
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:25/07/2019
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- ISBN:9780241354421
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:25/07/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780241354421