The Ecology Of Finnegans Wake (florida James Joyce) [Hardcover]

A remarkable work in three areas: the field of ecocriticism, to which it contributes a huge amount of historical and bibliographic information; the practice of genetic criticism in Joyce studies; and the exploration of ecological interests, themes, allusions, arguments, and manifestations in Finnegans Wake.Margot Norris, editor of the Norton Critical Edition of Joyce's Dubliners
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A terrifically useful study. Makes the text shimmer with new possibilities by alerting the reader to Joyces interest in hydro-engineering, green belts, meteorology, polar exploration, and much more.Cheryl Temple Herr, author of Critical Regionalism and Cultural Studies
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Demonstrates the promise of an urban ecological criticism that integrates the largely pastoral emphases of ecocritical inquiry into modernist studies.Thomas Jackson Rice, author of Cannibal Joyce
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In this bookone of the first ecocritical explorations of both Irish literature and modernismAlison 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 Joyces source texts, notebooks, and proofs, Lacivita shows how Joyce developed ecological themes in Finnegans Wake over successive drafts.
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Making apparent a love of growing things and a lively connection with the natural world across his texts, Lacivitas approach reveals Joyces keen attention to the Irish landscape, meteorology, urban planning, Dublins ecology, the exploitation of nature, and fertility and reproduction. Lacivita unearths a vital quality of Joyces work that has largely gone undetected, decisively aligning ecocriticism with both modernism and Irish studies.
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