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Joyce, Dante, and the poetics of literary relations : language and meaning in Finnegans wake / Lucia Boldrini.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boldrini, Lucia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English fiction--Italian influences.
- English fiction.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Finnegans wake.
- Joyce, James.
- Joyce, James, 1882-1941--Knowledge--Literature.
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Influence.
- Dante Alighieri.
- Joyce, James, 1882-1941--Technique.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Boldrini's study examines how the literary and linguistic theories of Dante's Divine Comedy helped shape the radical narrative techniques of Joyce's last novel Finnegans Wake. This book will appeal to scholars and students interested in Joyce, Dante, and questions of literary relations.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: In the Wake of the Divine Comic; Prelude: 'Bethicket me'; or, Looking for the straight way in the wood of Samuel Beckett's obliquity of exagmination; CHAPTER 1 Working in layers; CHAPTER 2 The confusioning of human races; CHAPTER 3 Distilling vulgar matter; CHAPTER 4 Figures of ineffability; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-511-04713-4
- 0-511-15374-0
- 0-511-01773-1
- OCLC:
- 70729704
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