{"product_id":"james-joyce-and-absolute-music-michelle-witen-9781350014220","title":"James Joyce and Absolute Music","description":"Drawing on draft manuscripts and other archival material, \u003ci\u003eJames Joyce and Absolute Music\u003c\/i\u003e, explores Joyce's deep engagement with musical structure, and his participation in the growing modernist discourse surrounding 19th-century musical forms. Michelle Witen examines Joyce's claim of having structured the \"Sirens+? episode of his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e, as a \u003ci\u003efuga per canonem\u003c\/i\u003e, and his changing musical project from his early works, such as \u003ci\u003eDubliners \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePortrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e. Informed by a deep understanding of music theory and history, the book goes on to consider the \"pure music+? of Joyce's final work, \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e. Demonstrating the importance of music to Joyce, this ground-breaking study reveals new depths to this enduring body of work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michelle Witen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350014222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350014220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Continnuum-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Michelle Witen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425193869567,"sku":"9781350014220","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b83b8c7-4b79-4daf-b965-858cbd227d66.jpg?v=1761537656","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/james-joyce-and-absolute-music-michelle-witen-9781350014220","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}