James Joyce's Negations: Irony, Indeterminacy and Nihilism in "Ulysses" and Othe

Description: James Joyce's Negations by Brian Cosgrove Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Aims to validate a reading of Joyce in negative terms. Central to this enquiry is an examination of the roles of irony and of indeterminacy. It concludes with a brief consideration of the polysemic vocabulary of "Finnegans Wake" as a logical extrapolation of the poetics of indeterminacy. Publisher Description The main purpose of this book is to validate a reading of Joyce in negative terms. Central to the enquiry is an examination of the roles of irony and of indeterminacy. Irony, interpreted in metaphysical rather than merely rhetorical terms, is envisaged as deriving from two separate if related orientations, one associated with Friedrich Schlegel, the other with Gustave Flaubert. Insofar as Joyces work (including "Ulysses") owes more to the latter than the former, it forgoes the genial humour central to Schlegels theories, and embraces instead the ironic detachment and formal control of a Flaubertian perspective. Such irony (which entails a suspicion of sentiment and a related dehumanisation of character, as in some of the stories in Dubliners) becomes normative in Joyce, and along with a similarly deflationary parody pervades "Ulysses". In addition, a persistent indeterminacy is established as early as The Dead, so that it becomes impossible in that story to adjudicate between not just contradictory but mutually exclusive interpretations. Such indeterminacy is pushed to further extremes in "Ulysses", with its notorious proliferation of narrative perspectives.As a corollary to the works encyclopaedic inclusiveness and quotidian particularism, every detail tends to assume the same significance as every other; the consequence being that (in Gyorgy Lukacs famous formulation) we lose all sense of any hierarchy of meaning. From that it is but a step to Franco Morettis assessment that in "Ulysses" everyday existence remains inert, opaque - meaningless, and that in fact the whole point is to represent the meaningless precisely as meaningless. Indeterminacy, in effect, ushers in the possibility of nihilism. The analysis of "Ulysses" culminates with the attempt (unavailing in both cases) to discover in either Bloom or Molly a genuine source of countervailing affirmation. The study concludes with a brief consideration of the polysemic vocabulary of "Finnegans Wake" as a logical extrapolation of the poetics of indeterminacy. Author Biography Brian Cosgrove is Professor Emeritus of English at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He has published on a wide range of literary topics and is the author of Wordsworth and the Poetry of Self-Sufficiency. Details ISBN 1904558852 ISBN-13 9781904558859 Title James Joyce's Negations Author Brian Cosgrove Format Hardcover Year 2007 Pages 272 Publisher University College Dublin Press GE_Item_ID:143080544; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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