Violence, Narrative and Myth in Joyce and Yeats

Introduction Yeats's Revolving Gyres: A Metaphorical Language for the Modern Experience of Anarchism, Syndicalism, and Political Aesthetics Social Myth, Material Reality, and the Aesthetico-Ideological Functions of Art The Political Aesthetic of Yeats's Myth in Anarchist and Syndicalist Contexts Social Myth, Literary Narrative, and Political Aesthetics Social Myth and James Joyce's Political Aesthetic Social and Anti-social Aesthetic Drives in Joyce, Yeats, and Sorel W.B. Yeats, Social Myth, and Monoglossia James Joyce, Social Myth, and Heteroglossia Heteroglossic Desubjection and Monoglossic Subjection in Joyce, Yeats, and Sorel: Social Myth, Anarchy, and Syndicalism Modernism, Myth, Violence, and Social Change Modernist Art, Politics, and Social Change: A Sorelian Perspective Modernism, Narrative, and Violence Conclusion Notes Bibliography