To demonstrate how the fantastic may yield new insights into human beings, their behavior, feelings, and thoughts, as well as lead to innovations in art, Morse scrutinizes Circe from James Joyce's Ulysses, probably the most famous use of the fantastic in all modern Irish literature.
A collection of essays focusing on the role of the fantastic in Irish literature and arts, looking at the works of Yeats, John Field, Shelley, Synge, Beckett, Swift and others, as well as Irish theatre, music and paintings.
