Gibbons, Luke

Joyce's Ghosts: Ireland, Modernism, and Memory

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ISBN 13:
9780226526959
author:
Gibbons, Luke
format:
Paperback
publisher:
University of Chicago Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2017
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
22.61 x 15.24 x 2.03 centimetres
Genre:
History, Europe, Ireland
Condition:
New
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£33.66

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Luke Gibbons explores the connection between James Joyce's Irishness and his modernist literary experiments in this thought-provoking study. Contrary to traditional views, Gibbons argues that Joyce's Irish identity is integral to his modernism, influencing his distinctive stylistic innovations. Joyce's writing is characterized by a unique dialogue between inner thoughts and external influences, reflecting the disruptions of late colonial culture in crisis. This book delves into how memory under modernism breaks free from the constraints of history, giving birth to new forms of expression. By reevaluating Joyce's work through an Irish lens, Gibbons forces readers to reconsider his achievement and its foundations, shedding new light on the complexities of modernist literature.

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