MAD, BAD, DANGEROUS TO KNOW. The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce
by Toibin, Colm
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- A fine copy in dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1476785171
- ISBN 13
- 9781476785172
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, 2018. First Scribner hardcover edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in dust jacket. Colm TóibÃn begins his incisive, revelatory Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know with a walk through the Dublin streets where he went to universityâa wide-eyed boy from the countryâand where three Irish literary giants also came of age. Oscar Wilde, writing about his relationship with his father, William Wilde, stated: "Whenever there is hatred between two people there is bond or brotherhood of some kind...you loathed each other not because you were so different but because you were so alike." W.B. Yeats wrote of his father, John Butler Yeats, a painter: "It is this infirmity of will which has prevented him from finishing his pictures. The qualities I think necessary to success in art or life seemed to him egotism." John Stanislaus Joyce, James's father, was perhaps the most quintessentially Irish, widely loved, garrulous, a singer, and drinker with a volatile temper, who drove his son from Ireland. Elegant, profound, and riveting, Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know illuminates not only the complex relationships between three of the greatest writers in the English language and their fathers, but also illustrates the surprising ways these men surface in their work. Through these stories of fathers and sons, TóibÃn recounts the resistance to English cultural domination, the birth of modern Irish cultural identity, and the extraordinary contributions of these complex and masterful authors. Illustrated.
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- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15251
- Title
- MAD, BAD, DANGEROUS TO KNOW. The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce
- Author
- Toibin, Colm
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition
- ISBN 10
- 1476785171
- ISBN 13
- 9781476785172
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2018
- Keywords
- fathers, Ireland, Irish literature, Oscar Wilde, William Wilde, John Stanislaus Joyce, James Joyce, John Butler Yeats, family
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Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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