#irish lit

[soracities]

[Oedipus] never intended to cause the harm he was warned he would cause, but as he struggled not to cause it, he did cause it. He was to blame for the father-murdering and the mother-marrying and the rest of it and, at the same time, he wasn't to blame. He was wholly at fault and he was entirely innocent. This is true of us all if only we knew it.

Carlo Gébler, I, Antigone

#q #lit #quotes #carlo gebler #i antigone #reading #notes on the human condition #irish lit #m #x

[llovelymoonn]

donal ryan the queen of dirt island

kofi

#donal ryan #the queen of dirt island #irish lit #irish literature #quotes #on truth #on self #on identity

[butchermybigheart]

She looked like a piece of religious art.

— Sally Rooney, Normal People: A Novel

#quotes #lit #irish lit #normal people #normal people: a novel #i was joan i was lazarus

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

"A joy rose in me. Like it always did. And a mild forgetting, as if each time I saw her it was the first moment all over again."

~ Rachel Donohue, The Temple House Vanishing

#rachel donohue #the temple house vanishing #literature #quotes #literature quotes #literary quotes #lit quotes #literary quotations #quotations #book quotes #book quotations #love quotes #literary excerpts #irish lit #irish literature #quotes on love #book excerpt #e

[therealrichardpapen]

I also have a new perspective on Dorian Gray after I saw both the movie Dorian Gray and Wilde. What if Henry is the devil, or he represents the devil? Since he is corrupting Dorian constantly, and he made Dorian aware of his temporary youth and beauty, therefore driving him to a passive and unconscious faustian bargain?

And is it just me, or Lord Alfred Douglas has a very similar behaviour to Lord Henry's? Think about this. Both Dorian and Oscar were influenced by a Lord. Both of them were quite chill about everything before the Lord entered their lives (more or less). Both of their lives end up pretty bad after being influenced.

Now I know that The picture of Dorian Gray was written in 1890, before Oscar met Bosie, but Dorian's life and Oscar's are incredibly similar.

#dorian gray #oscar wilde #bosie #lord alfred douglas #classics #the picture of dorian gray #wilde 1997 #irish lit #dark academia

[lgbtqreads]

Hey! I was wondering if you have any recs for any kind of queer book set in Ireland / by Irish authors (or, ideally, both)? I read At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill a few years ago and it still has me biting and screaming when I think about it

(that said, your recs don't need to match those vibes necessarily! I'll take anything!) Thank you!!

Well definitely not the same vibes, but Ciara Smyth and Adiba Jaigirdar are both Irish Sapphic YA authors who set books in Ireland. In Adult, I think you're probably looking at Sally Rooney - try Conversations with Friends!

#Ireland #Irish Lit #Adiba Jaigirdar #Sally Rooney #Ciara Smyth

[emerald-notes]

Found something in my draft and wanted to share it...

So, I just read Johnathan Swift’s Meditation Upon a Broomstick. Honestly, I barely knew its context yet the finishing misogynistic tone kind of threw me off. So, I did some digging and here’s what I could gather so far.

Let me give you some quick summary and the background context of it. Apparently, Swift had to do some reading of Occasional Reflections Upon Several Subjects by Robert Boyle to the ladies of the house. These are usually some observations of Boyle’s of the regular objects and his attempt to link a philosophical connection with the said objects using biblical references and such. Swift found them to be absolute nonsense and in an attempt to criticize Boyle he produced his very own lamentation on a regular object such as the broomstick which he called some kind of ‘meditation’ from his part. At the beginning, the ladies could not catch on to that but soon realized that the rant was taking an absurd turn instead of a philosophical one.

Now, upon reading some analysis of the text (Swift’s), I came to find out that not only he meant to ridicule Boyle but also his readers. And I took it personally. What kind of person mocks other people just because they take pleasure from certain kinds of entertainment that doesn’t appeal to this particular person personally?

Now, I might have considered that Swift genuinely believed that Boyle’s ideas were trash if I hadn’t read something in another article. There are hints that Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels were inspired by Boyle’s idea of creating such a romantic story. So, I would have loved to question, why Johnathan, why? Why did you despise Boyle so much? Is it because his works entertain more ladies than yours? Because he’s more popular among women than you are? Are you jealous?

I also came to another conclusion upon this matter. It is not new that we are ridiculed for our liking for anything. Women have been insulted time after time for something they are interested in, something that they can relate to, something that gives them comfort. Whether women enjoy romantic movies or K-pop or anything at all, they are sure to be made fun of. Because long before, they were even insulted upon liking someone who is now known to be the first modern chemist. In this context, Swift's witty nature seems bitter, doesn’t it?

I loved A Modest Proposal, which is the first and the only thing I read by Johnathan Swift. I really expected something better from him. Now, some of y'all might come at me saying it was only meant to be a joke. Swift and even the ladies might have had some laughs over this event. Of course, that could be the case. I wouldn’t even have to know about it then. The fact that he esteemed this manner was right to be made public in writing is what bothers me.

That was just my thoughts. Let me know if you have something to say as well. Also, feel free to correct me if I get anything factually wrong.

#jonathan swift #swift #gulliver's travels #ranting #literature #classic literature #books #irish lit

[zukotheartist]

Genuine question, what are some works to read if you wanna understand Hozier's songs better? So far I wrote down only "The third policeman"

#hozier #unreal unearth #irish literature #irish lit #al's post

[andrumedus]

Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat

[Text ID: I had stolen from myself something so precious and so nebulous that I wasn’t myself without it. Desire.]

#literature #prose #doireann ní ghríofa #a ghost in the throat #our human wants #irish lit #typography #m #x

[thebluesthour]

a delicate damp grey-green, like the damp light under trees after rain, or the dull apple-shade of the undersides of leaves reflected in still water...

John Banville, The Sea

#lit #quotes #words #prose #John Banville #The Sea #colour spectrum #on green #snapshots #irish lit #m #queued

[mirrormeeree]

best of Rosa Mulholland, "Marcella Grace" (1891)

this book. has committed crimes against butchness, here's a fixit

#irish lit #irish literature #rosa mulholland #marcella grace #land war novel #19th century novel #realism #ireland #irish literature without context: a series

[soracities]

My voice is deep and quiet, dark and slow, like a river moving over rocks, never stopping, never ceasing, endless.

Carlo Gébler, I, Antigone

#q #lit #quotes #prose #carlo gebler #irish lit #reading #m #x

[llovelymoonn]

donal ryan the queen of dirt island

kofi

#on love #on self #on life #donal ryan #the queen of dirt island #irish lit #irish literature #quotes #fragments

[butchermybigheart]

— Sally Rooney, Normal People: A Novel

#quotes #lit #irish lit #normal people #normal people: a novel #by loving you i love myself

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Seamus Heaney, from Clearances, in memoriam M.H.K. 1911-1984

via apoemforireland

#seamus heaney #when all the others were away at mass #poetry #poem #poems #irish literature #irish poetry #irish author #literature quotes #literary quotes #lit quotes #20th century lit #20th century literature #20th century poetry #literature #quotes #irish lit #european literature #european lit #e

[hatchetfield-scarecrow]

Completely changing the topic of my seven page research paper that’s due Tuesday

#technically the first draft is due tuesday but still #irish lit #personal #college