One Long Blue Streak : Joyce and Swearing / edited by Frances Ilmberger and Casey Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Series:

European Joyce Studies ; 34.

Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

European Joyce Studies ; 34

Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Joyce, James, 1882-1941.

Swearing in literature.

Language and culture.

Local Subjects:

Joyce, James, 1882-1941.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Joyce and Swearing

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One Long Blue Streak traces the unstoppable flow of indecent, profane, and off-colour language coursing through James Joyces work, inviting readers to decode and delight in the bawdry and blasphemy that established Joyce as one of the notoriously obscene writers in the canon. From the elided vulgarity of Dubliners to the anarchic wordplay of Finnegans Wake , Joyce seized upon the power of swearing, cursing, and so-called foul languagesacred, sexual, and scatological aliketo create a playful space in which speech is still free.

Contents:

Performative and Potent: Joyces Use of the Greek Language

Trisevgeni Bilia

12 Swearing by Superstition

William Brockman

13 The Maledictions of Lousyfear: Cursing in Holy Ireland

Christine ONeill

14 Invoking the Name of God: Praying, Swearing, and Gossiping in Cyclops

Valrie Bnjam

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Ilmberger, Frances One Long Blue Streak

ISBN:

9789004759855

OCLC:

1607916213

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004759855 DOI