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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Ireland, the Irish, and Biofiction
I. Historical Context for the Rise of Biofiction
1. Oscar Wilde and the Invention of a Life-Creating Fiction
2. George Moore's The Brook Kerith and the Scandal of the Biographical Novel
II. Irish Figures as Biofictional Symbols
3. Roger Casement and the Transnational Origins of "Irishness"
4. Traumatized Agency in Eliza Lynch Biographical Novels
III. Theoretical Reflections about Biofiction
5. A Poetics of the Biographical Novel: Agency, History, Fiction
6. Why Names Matter: Concluding Reflections about Autonomy and Biofiction
Appendix: Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa
Bibliography
Index.
Introduction: Ireland, the Irish, and Biofiction
I. Historical Context for the Rise of Biofiction
1. Oscar Wilde and the Invention of a Life-Creating Fiction
2. George Moore's The Brook Kerith and the Scandal of the Biographical Novel
II. Irish Figures as Biofictional Symbols
3. Roger Casement and the Transnational Origins of "Irishness"
4. Traumatized Agency in Eliza Lynch Biographical Novels
III. Theoretical Reflections about Biofiction
5. A Poetics of the Biographical Novel: Agency, History, Fiction
6. Why Names Matter: Concluding Reflections about Autonomy and Biofiction
Appendix: Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa
Bibliography
Index.