Joyce's Book of the Dark: Finnegans Wake by John Bishop (English) Paperback Book

Description: Joyce's Book of the Dark by John Bishop Finnegans Wake" is perhaps the most difficult and wilfully obscure piece in all of modern literature, a book written in polyglottal puns that continues to baffle not only lay readers but, in large part, Joyceans as well. Here in 12 chapters, John Bishop aims to unravel Joyces obscurities and aims to reveal the "Wake" more clearly than anyone has done before. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Finnegans Wake" is perhaps the most difficult and wilfully obscure piece in all of modern literature, a book written in polyglottal puns that continues to baffle not only lay readers but, in large part, Joyceans as well. Here in 12 chapters, John Bishop aims to unravel Joyces obscurities and aims to reveal the "Wake" more clearly than anyone has done before. The greatest obstacle to the comprehension of "Finnegans Wake", says Bishop, is the failure to believe that Joyce really meant what he said when he spoke of the book as being a reconstruction of the nocturnal life. As a consequence, readers have scrutinized the text with an unyielding literalism bent on finding a kind of meaning in every way antithetical to the kind of meaning embodied in dreams. Had Joyce made the "Wake" less obscure, says Bishop, he would have annihilated everything about the book that is most essential, most engaging, funny, and most profound. In taking seriously Joyces stated intention of writing a book about the night, Bishop shows how the determination to represent nocturnal experience accounts for the form, shape, direction, and language of "Finnegans Wake".Although Bishop is not the first to appreciate the problems Joyce faced in his reconstruction of the night, no one has demonstrated more clearly and persuasively how Joyces creative imagination solved those problems, nor made a more convincing case for the profound significance of Joyces effort. Bishop relates the "Wake" to Freud, to Vico, and to the Egyptian Book of the Dead, shedding light throughout on such fundamental and complex subjects as dream theory and interpretation; thanatology; optics and phonetics; infancy, embryology, and gender; and sexuality and power. Author Biography John Bishop is associate professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. Review "Bishop shows a masterful command of the text and its nuances; but of even greater importance is his sense of the comic flair and wit that so distinguishes this funferall; it is the mark of a true Joycean. Because of its freshness of approach and positive contribution, it belongs in all libraries housing even a preliminary Wake collection."--Choice"Mr. Bishop has ventured on the process more boldly, more thoroughly, more imaginatively and more informedly than any of his predecessors. He makes the text comment on itself, as it was constructed to do; but, knowing the whole thing by heart (as I surmise), he is able to multiply a thousandfold the concords and discords of which a reader is aware, and to amplify them through an impressive array of theoretical circuitry."--Robert M. Adams, New York Times Book Review "Though it is well known that Joyce claimed that his intention in Finnegans Wake was to reconstruct the nocturnal life, Bishop is the first scholar to see in this notion the key to Joyces wildly obscure masterpiece. His reading of Finnegans Wake as a night-book produces a new sense of the books form, shape, and structure. In his reading, Freud, Vico, and the Egyptian Book of the Dead take on new meaning, and his accounts of the geography and sexuality of the Wake are fascinating. Bishop brings a rare command of the text to his difficult enterprise, and the organization and prose are models of clarity. You is feeling like you was lost in the bush, boy? Joyces Book of the Dark will help all serious readers of the Wake get their bearings."--Keith Cushman, Library Journal Review Quote "Though it is well known that Joyce claimed that his intention in Finnegans Wake was to reconstruct the nocturnal life, Bishop is the first scholar to see in this notion the key to Joyces wildly obscure masterpiece. Details ISBN0299108244 Author John Bishop Pages 496 Publisher University of Wisconsin Press Language English ISBN-10 0299108244 ISBN-13 9780299108243 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 823.912 Year 1993 Publication Date 1993-06-30 Imprint University of Wisconsin Press Place of Publication Wisconsin Country of Publication United States Series Mark H Ingraham Prize Residence US Short Title JOYCES BK OF THE DARK REV/E Edition Description Revised Edition New edition Subtitle Finnegans Wake DOI 10.1604/9780299108243 Series Number 1 AU Release Date 1997-04-15 NZ Release Date 1997-04-15 UK Release Date 1997-04-15 Audience Undergraduate US Release Date 1993-06-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161891668;

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