The dialect of the tribe : speech and community in modern fiction / Margery Sabin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sabin, Margery, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

James, Henry, 1843-1916. Golden bowl.

James, Henry.

Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Ulysses.

Joyce, James.

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930--Criticism and interpretation.

Lawrence, D. H.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--Criticism and interpretation.

Beckett, Samuel.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930.

English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Speech in literature.

Comparative literature--English and French.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--French and English.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 310 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.

Contents:

1 The Life of English Idiom, the Laws of French Cliche 10

English and French Traditions 10

The Life of Idiom in Joyce and Lawrence 25

2 The Community of Intelligence and the Avant-Garde 43

3 Competition of Intelligence in The Golden Bowl 65

Charlotte's Risk 65

Maggie's Method 82

4 Constructing Character: Speech and Will in Women in Love 106

5 Near and Far Things in Lawrence's Writing of the Twenties 139

The Spectacle of Reality: Australia, the Sea, and Sardinia 139

St. Mawr: Spectacle and Symbol 162

6 Postures and Impostures of English in Ulysses 179

Dramatic Language: "Every word is so deep" 179

The Comedy of Psychic Depth: "You ought to see yourself" 210

The Shelter from Fact in "Eumaeus" 224

7 Signs of Life and Death in Beckett's Trilogy 241

Le bon sens and Horse-Sense 241

Molloy: l'unijambiste 252

Throes and Calm in Malone meurt / Malone Dies 264

Le type respiratoire / The Respiratory Type: L'Innommable / The Unnamable 278.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0195041534

OCLC:

13455724