
Joyce and the Scene of Modernity
David Spurr(Author)
University Press of Florida
Published on 30. September 2002
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-8130-2550-6 (ISBN)
Description
The contextual studies collected for this book, taken together, explore the notion that, in all of Joyce's major works, his idea of ""altereffects"" (alterity or otherwise) pervades his treatment of the modern condition. The author proposes a revitalized vision of modernism, taking Joyce as a privileged site upon which to build a broader cultural context. The book takes a comparative perspective, which raeds Joyce's work alongside that of, notable, Mallarme and Proust, seen here as inaugurating an alternative continental modernim to which Joyce belongs. This approach marks an alternative direction for Joyce studies and for modernist literary studies in general in that it negotiates between historicism and igh theory, combining the study of specific historical contexts with a theoretically informed reflection on the fundamental questions of modern human existence: the questions of being, of language, of the subject, of the very possibility of literature in the modern world.
Reviews / Votes
"So much more than a collection of essays, [this is] a valuable, interesting, and illuminating piece of scholarship... clearly based on sound research and a great deal of experience in handling difficult and challenging works of literature. Its scholarly discourse is sophisticated but accessible and never pretentious, and it constantly transmits the excitement of literary and critical discovery and pleasure." - Astradur Eysteinsson, University of IcelandMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Florida
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
355 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8130-2550-6 (9780813025506)
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