{"product_id":"beating-the-bounds-roy-benjamin-9780813069616","title":"Beating the Bounds: Excess and Restraint in Joyce's Later Works","description":"\u003cb\u003eExploring the role of boundaries and limits in the\u003cbr\u003ewriting of James Joyce\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeating the Bounds\u003c\/i\u003e examines the role\u003cbr\u003eof boundaries and limits in James Joyce's later works, primarily \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake \u003c\/i\u003ebut also \u003ci\u003eUlysses \u003c\/i\u003eand other texts. Building on the\u003cbr\u003eideas of philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche, Giordano Bruno, and scholar Fritz\u003cbr\u003eSenn, Roy Benjamin explains and reconciles Joyce's contrary tendencies to\u003cbr\u003eestablish and transgress limits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBenjamin\u003cbr\u003ebegins by contrasting Joyce's exploration of the artificial impositions of\u003cbr\u003eritual and political power with the writer's attention to natural boundaries of\u003cbr\u003erivers and mountains. The next section considers sexual, spiritual, and interpersonal\u003cbr\u003eboundaries in the \u003ci\u003eWake\u003c\/i\u003e. Benjamin then\u003cbr\u003ediscusses how Joyce simultaneously affirms and undermines the limits of\u003cbr\u003ephilosophy, geometry, and aesthetics. The final\u003cbr\u003esection covers Joyce's representation of the boundaries imposed in cosmogonic\u003cbr\u003emyths, the collision between the bounded medieval world and the boundless world\u003cbr\u003eof modern science, and the drive to escape from the boundaries of place.In\u003cbr\u003ethis detailed and original analysis, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eBenjamin demonstrates that in\u003cbr\u003eJoyce's writing, the tendency to disintegrate into\u003cbr\u003echaos is countered by an urge to impose order. Benjamin's close readings put an\u003cbr\u003eabundance of subjects in conversation through the concept of limits, showing\u003cbr\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eWake\u003c\/i\u003e's relevance to many\u003cbr\u003edifferent fields of thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA\u003cbr\u003evolume in the Florida James Joyce Series, edited by Sebastian D. G. Knowles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roy Benjamin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813069610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813069616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Roy Benjamin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070852133119,"sku":"9780813069616","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff7a5068-fc5c-4f17-8cad-089667cab0a2.jpg?v=1685432710","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beating-the-bounds-roy-benjamin-9780813069616","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}