Names and Naming in Joyce
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (736 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0299143805 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
By examining names and naming patterns from Stephen Hero and Finnegans Wake, this text discusses what they reveal about Joyce's character and practice as a writer and explores their historical, literary and cultural implications, stressing that naming is not only a creative act.
Comprehensive, intelligent, witty Culleton's book does much to advance the study of Joyce's work. By examining Joyce's brilliant use of names in his fiction and by identifying the implications of that attention on history, gender, and identity, Culleton comprehensively details what onomastic amateurs have only noticed in passing. What's most exciting about this book, though, is its engaging style, its wit, and Culleton's panache. I recommend this work to Joyceans, to instructors who teach Joyce at the undergraduate level in survey courses, and to anyone interested in names . "An enjoyable read. Humorous and Scholarly." according to A Customer. I liked this book very much. SO much Joyce criticism is dry and dull. Culleton's work displays a kind of scholarship and humor not found in much Joyce criticism. I would recommend this book highly. It not only theorizes Joyce's use of names but it teaches you valuable information on Joyce, on modern literature, on modernity.. very good information This book provides good information on Joyce and on his use of names. People who've been interested in names throughout their life will find this book useful, funny and informative. I think it's definitely worth taking a look at. *****
Written with great verve, an engaging sense of humor, and an obviously impassioned interest in its subject, it demonstrates a confident mastery both of Joyce’s work and of the scholarship on Joyce, consolidating a great deal of scattered research and integrating it with its own original insights to advance a coherent, unexpectedly fresh, and compelling argument about the ways in which Joyce thought about, selected, and used names in his fiction. “Claire A. Almost every major critic of Joyce has somewhere passingly acknowledged Joyce’s fascination