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Reading Joyce politically, Trevor L. Williams
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- Summary
- "In the first book-length study of a "Marxist" Joyce, Trevor Williams takes as his starting point Joyce's assertion that Dublin was a "paralysed city." He identifies those power structures within its civil society and private relationships - so clearly drawn by Joyce in Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Ulysses - that lie at the heart of that paralysis. More importantly, however, Williams shows how in Joyce the paralysis is always provisional, and explores the ways in which Joyce's characters do indeed demonstrate means of resistance to the British state, to class distinctions, to clerical hegemony, and to power imbalances in familial and sexual relationships."--BOOK JACKET. "In the process, Williams reviews the early criticism leveled against Joyce by the left, in particular by the First Congress of Soviet Writers in 1934. He also engages contemporary Joyce critics, including Fredric Jameson, Franco Moretti, and Terry Eagleton, many of whom have attempted to redress the leftist attacks on Joyce and to demonstrate his relevance to a postcolonial critical approach."--BOOK JACKET. "Throughout, Williams asserts the constant need to make literature relevant. In part, this book was inspired by his students, who in 1991, at the outset of the Gulf War, demanded to know how they could justify reading Joyce when, simultaneously, people were being killed. Williams's answer, formulated in the first chapter, is to argue that reading Joyce, who was keenly aware of the impact of unequal power relations, is not only justifiable but relevant, legitimate, and necessary."--BOOK JACKET. "Unusually free of the dogmatism and economism so frequently associated with Marxist literary criticism, Williams's reading of Joyce draws from the "humanist" tradition of Marxism and from contemporary feminist thinking in what is ultimately a blend of provocative theory and close textual reading. It will be of interest to Joyceans, literary theorists, and anyone who still believes that to read Joyce is not only justifiable but relevant, legitimate, and necessary."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Reading Joyce politically
- Title
- Reading Joyce politically
- Statement of responsibility
- Trevor L. Williams
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the first book-length study of a "Marxist" Joyce, Trevor Williams takes as his starting point Joyce's assertion that Dublin was a "paralysed city." He identifies those power structures within its civil society and private relationships - so clearly drawn by Joyce in Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Ulysses - that lie at the heart of that paralysis. More importantly, however, Williams shows how in Joyce the paralysis is always provisional, and explores the ways in which Joyce's characters do indeed demonstrate means of resistance to the British state, to class distinctions, to clerical hegemony, and to power imbalances in familial and sexual relationships."--BOOK JACKET. "In the process, Williams reviews the early criticism leveled against Joyce by the left, in particular by the First Congress of Soviet Writers in 1934. He also engages contemporary Joyce critics, including Fredric Jameson, Franco Moretti, and Terry Eagleton, many of whom have attempted to redress the leftist attacks on Joyce and to demonstrate his relevance to a postcolonial critical approach."--BOOK JACKET. "Throughout, Williams asserts the constant need to make literature relevant. In part, this book was inspired by his students, who in 1991, at the outset of the Gulf War, demanded to know how they could justify reading Joyce when, simultaneously, people were being killed. Williams's answer, formulated in the first chapter, is to argue that reading Joyce, who was keenly aware of the impact of unequal power relations, is not only justifiable but relevant, legitimate, and necessary."--BOOK JACKET. "Unusually free of the dogmatism and economism so frequently associated with Marxist literary criticism, Williams's reading of Joyce draws from the "humanist" tradition of Marxism and from contemporary feminist thinking in what is ultimately a blend of provocative theory and close textual reading. It will be of interest to Joyceans, literary theorists, and anyone who still believes that to read Joyce is not only justifiable but relevant, legitimate, and necessary."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Williams, Trevor L
- Dewey number
- 823/.912
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR6019.O9
- LC item number
- Z953 1997
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- The Florida James Joyce series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Political fiction, English
- Politics and literature
- Political fiction, English
- Politics in literature
- Joyce, James
- Label
- Reading Joyce politically, Trevor L. Williams
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-223) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 36501326
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xv, 229 pages
- Isbn
- 9780813015132
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 97007555
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Reading Joyce politically, Trevor L. Williams
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-223) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 36501326
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xv, 229 pages
- Isbn
- 9780813015132
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 97007555
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
Subject
- History
- Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Political and social views
- Political fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Political fiction, English -- Irish authors | History and criticism
- Politics and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
- Politics in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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