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The ecology of Finnegans wake
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- Book Synopsis
- In this book - one of the first ecocritical explorations of Irish literature - Alison Lacivita defies the popular view of James Joyce as a thoroughly urban writer by bringing to light his consistent engagement with nature. Using genetic criticism to investigate Joyce's source texts, notebooks, and proofs, Lacivita shows how Joyce developed ecological themes in Finnegans Wake over successive drafts. Making apparent a love of growing things and a lively connection with the natural world across his texts, Lacivita's approach reveals Joyce's keen attention to the Irish landscape, meteorology, urban planning, Dublin's ecology, the exploitation of nature, and fertilityand reproduction. Lacivita unearths a vital quality of Joyce's work that has largely gone undetected, decisively aligning ecocriticism with both modernism and Irish studies.
- About The Author
- Alison Lacivita is assistant professor of modern British literature at the University of Southern Mississippi, USA.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780813060620
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida, (01 September 2015)
- Number of Pages
- 288
- Weight
- 568 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 228 x 152 x 22 mm
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