Useless Joyce textual functions, cultural appropriations / Tim Conley.

Author/creator Conley, Tim, 1972-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoToronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Descriptionviii, 189 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction -- Part One. Textual Functions: 1. Guidance systems ; 2. Misquoting Joyce ; 3. Limited editions, edited limitations ; 4. Translation, annotation, hesitation -- Part Two. Cultural Appropriations: 5. Make a stump speech out of it ; 6. Win a dream date with James Joyce ; 7. The Stephen Dedalus diet -- Conclusion: means without end.
Abstract "Tim Conley's Useless Joyce provocatively analyses Joyce's Ulysses and Finnegans Wake and takes the reader on a journey exploring the perennial question of the usefulness of literature and art. Conley argues that the works of James Joyce, often thought difficult and far from practical, are in fact polymorphous meditations on this question. Examinations of traditional textual functions such as quoting, editing, translating, and annotating texts are set against the ways in which texts may be assigned unexpected but thoroughly practical purposes. Conley's accessible and witty engagement with the material views the rise of explication and commentary on Joyce's work as an industry not unlike the rise of self-help publishing. We can therefore read Ulysses and Finnegans Wake as various kinds of guides and uncover new or forgotten "uses" for them. Useless Joyce invites new discussions about the assumptions at work behind our definitions of literature, interpretation, and use."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 173-184) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017299285
ISBN9781487502508 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN1487502508 (cloth)

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