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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455365903321

Autore

Boldrini Lucia

Titolo

Joyce, Dante, and the poetics of literary relations [[electronic resource] ] : language and meaning in Finnegans wake / / Lucia Boldrini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-511-04713-4

0-511-15374-0

0-511-01773-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Disciplina

823/.912

Soggetti

English fiction - Italian influences

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.