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Joyce and geometry / Ciaran McMorran ; foreword by Sebastian D.G. Knowles.
Van Pelt Library PR6019.O9 Z7278 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McMorran, Ciaran, author.
- Series:
- Florida James Joyce series
- The Florida James Joyce series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Joyce, James, 1882-1941--Criticism and interpretation.
- Joyce, James.
- Joyce, James, 1882-1941.
- Geometry in literature.
- Science in literature.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 174 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Joyce and Geometry" reveals the full extent to which the modernist writer James Joyce was influenced by the radical theories of non-Euclidean geometry. Tracing Joyce's obsession with measuring and mapping space throughout his works, Ciaran McMorran delves into a major theme in Joyce's work that has not been thoroughly explored until now.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- "Writings of paraboles": geometric traditionalism and corporeal topography in the Wake's "Night lessons"
- Squaring the circle: geometry and topography in "Ithaca"
- Textual topography: the "Wandering rocks" labyrinth
- Charting Wakean territory
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: McMorran, Ciaran. Joyce and geometry.
- ISBN:
- 9780813066288
- 081306628X
- OCLC:
- 1096360726
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