04427nam a22005415i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001700172072001500189072002300204072001400227100008900241245012500330250001800455264008500473300003500558336002600593337002600619338003600645347002400681490007000705505026500775520224701040650004603287650001803333650002503351650002903376650001603405650002903421650001803450650002603468650002803494650002703522710003403549773002603583776003603609776003603645776003603681830007703717856004603794912001403840912001403854999001703868978-3-031-42068-9DE-He21320251030110837.0cr nn 008mamaa231122s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d a97830314206899978-3-031-42068-97 a10.1007/978-3-031-42068-92doi 4aPN441-1009.5 7aDS2bicssc 7aLIT0000002bisacsh 7aDS2thema1 aBalázs, Zsuzsanna.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut96742210aQueering W. B. Yeats and Gabriele D’Annunzioh[electronic resource] :bModernist Playwrights /cby Zsuzsanna Balázs. a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer International Publishing :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024. aXIII, 258 p.bonline resource. atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier atext filebPDF2rda1 aNew Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature,x2731-31900 a1 Introduction -- 2 Family, Normativity, and the Will to Escape -- 3 Moral Prudery, Respectability, and Broken Intimacies -- 4 Sadomasochistic Attachments: Reverse Power and Erotic Stimulations -- 5 Defiant Dykes: New Women against Patriarchy -- 6 Conclusions. aQueering W. B. Yeats and Gabriele D’Annunzio is an important new study that is revelatory not only for what it reveals about these two important playwrights, but also for its innovative approach to methodology. As modernist playwrights, Yeats and D’Annunzio adopted a variety of approaches – both overlapping and contrasting – to their dramaturgy and stagecraft, and this book sheds new light on the political and aesthetic consequences of their work. Of even greater value, however, is Balázs’s extraordinarily deft and original application of queer theory to these writers’ dramas and legacies. The overall impact is to open up new approaches to research in modernism, theatre studies, queer theory – and beyond. -Prof. Patrick Lonergan, University of Galway, Ireland Queering W. B. Yeats and Gabriele D’Annunzio 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, Balázs’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. -Prof. Susan Cannon Harris, University of Notre Dame This monograph provides the first fully theorised queer and comparative reading of Yeats’s and D’Annunzio’s drama in light of the playwrights’ rich queer and feminist networks. It uncovers a subversive and often coded social commentary in eight key dramatic texts by each playwright through meticulous and highly topical dramaturgical readings which carry relevant implications for the contemporary moment. Zsuzsanna Balázs is Assistant Professor at Óbuda University in Budapest, Hungary. 0aLiteraturexHistory and criticism.966499 0aDrama.967423 0aQueer theory.961457 0aTheaterxHistory.966689 0aSex.96647714aLiterary History.96678924aDrama.96742324aQueer Studies.96742424aTheatre History.96669324aGender Studies.9664782 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303142067208iPrinted edition:z978303142069608iPrinted edition:z9783031420702 0aNew Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature,x2731-319096670440uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42068-9 aZDB-2-LCM aZDB-2-SXL c56600d56600