Jack Fennell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4044518 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jack Fennell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jack |
| FAMILY NAME | Fennell |
| SIGNATURE | FENNELL J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Limerick |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Women’s Celibacy and the Propagation Imperative in Irish Science Fiction
This article considers the literary exploration of women’s celibacy through the prism of science fiction, beginning with an overview of the genre’s often-retrograde engagements with the subjects of marriage, reproduction and heteronormative ideology. Alongside this genre context, a 19th-century Irish historical context is outlined, juxtaposing genre history with the ‘matrimonial’ rhetoric that arose following the 1801 Act of Union, which framed t…
The imperial Irish
The aesthetics of supervillainy
When they first appeared during the ‘Golden Age of Comics’ (1938 to 1954), ‘supervillains’ were little more than eccentric gangsters. Criminals with clear motives, they were distinguished from the norm by their use of technological gimmicks or weird costumes rather than special powers. Genuinely ‘monstrous’ supervillains such as the Joker, Two-Face and the undead Solomon Grundy were in the minority. As Mark Edward DiPaolo says, the ‘Golden Age’ J…
Utopianism
Church, State, and Unfettered Capitalism
Research Article| January 01 2007 Church, State, and Unfettered Capitalism: Three Irish-Gaelic Dystopias Jack Fennell Jack Fennell Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Utopian Studies (2007) 18 (3): 379–389. https://doi.org/10.2307/20719883 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Jack Fennell; Church, State, and Unfettered Capitalism: Three Irish-Gaelic Dystopias. Utopian Studies 1 January 20…
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Church, State, and Unfettered Capitalism
Research Article| January 01 2007 Church, State, and Unfettered Capitalism: Three Irish-Gaelic Dystopias Jack Fennell Jack Fennell Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Utopian Studies (2007) 18 (3): 379–389. https://doi.org/10.2307/20719883 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Jack Fennell; Church, State, and Unfettered Capitalism: Three Irish-Gaelic Dystopias. Utopian Studies 1 January 20…
Utopianism
The aesthetics of supervillainy
When they first appeared during the ‘Golden Age of Comics’ (1938 to 1954), ‘supervillains’ were little more than eccentric gangsters. Criminals with clear motives, they were distinguished from the norm by their use of technological gimmicks or weird costumes rather than special powers. Genuinely ‘monstrous’ supervillains such as the Joker, Two-Face and the undead Solomon Grundy were in the minority. As Mark Edward DiPaolo says, the ‘Golden Age’ J…
The imperial Irish
Women’s Celibacy and the Propagation Imperative in Irish Science Fiction
This article considers the literary exploration of women’s celibacy through the prism of science fiction, beginning with an overview of the genre’s often-retrograde engagements with the subjects of marriage, reproduction and heteronormative ideology. Alongside this genre context, a 19th-century Irish historical context is outlined, juxtaposing genre history with the ‘matrimonial’ rhetoric that arose following the 1801 Act of Union, which framed t…
Irish (3 works) · Irish and British Studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction (2 works) · Algorithm (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work)