Joyce's Allmaziful Plurabilities
Joyce's Allmaziful Plurabilities
Polyvocal Explorations of Finnegans Wake
“A brilliantly collaged snapshot of the variety and wealth of literary criticism, and Joyce studies, today.”–Tony Thwaites, author of . relevant and accessible to a whole new generation of readers.”–Garry Leonard, author of . central experimental technique.
Renowned Joyce scholars explore the polyvocality of individual chapters using game theory, ecocriticism, psychoanalysis, historicism, myth, philosophy, genetic studies, feminism, and other critical frameworks. They set in motion cross-currents and radiating structures of meaning that permeate the entire text and open up satisfying readings of the Wake for novices and seasoned readers alike. A volume in the Florida James Joyce Series, edited by Sebastian D. G. Knowles
An engaging book.'–James Joyce Broadsheet 'Sparkling insights into the greatest unread book in world literature.'—Dublin Review of Books 'Succeed[s] in . . . making Finnegans Wake more accessible while staying alert to its polyvocality.'–Irish Studies Review 'Offers a way forward for readers ready to move beyond Ulysses, as well as refresher courses for those already eye-deep in the Wake.'–Modern Language Review
. Finnegans Wake. Christine Smedley is lecturer in English at the University of California, Riverside.
