{"product_id":"james-joyce-and-cultural-genetics-wim-van-mierlo-9781350418936","title":"James Joyce and Cultural Genetics: The Joycean Genome","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a genetic study, this book uncovers the creative DNA of James Joyce's oeuvre by looking at the cultural forces that shaped him and that he in turn shaped in the creation of his books, developing a two-way relationship with history, memory and national identity. Following his development as an author, it revisits and redirects Joyce's attitudes towards the Irish Revival. From \u003ci\u003eChamber Music, \u003c\/i\u003ethrough \u003ci\u003eUlysses \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake \u003c\/i\u003eJoyce sought to define a cultural identity that went, in many respects, against the mainstream, but that nonetheless belonged to the wider Revivalist project with which it shared certain characteristics and aspirations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoyce's historical and genealogical imagination is read through a careful investigation of the cultural materials that went into his work. Based on evidence from his personal library and the extensive archive of reading notes, ideas, sketches and drafts, this book investigates how Joyce used, absorbed and repurposed these materials creatively in his writing; it does so by bringing for the first time the methods of genetic criticism into the domain of cultural memory and the sociology of the text. Thus this books defines \"cultural genetics\" as an exploration of the textual material that are Joyce's sources interacts with the culture that produced and received them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wim Van Mierlo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350418935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350418936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.51d","brand":"Wim Van Mierlo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48484970234111,"sku":"9781350418936","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63cdd1fe-5265-4913-ad57-eb26845ad6a2.jpg?v=1778047046","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/james-joyce-and-cultural-genetics-wim-van-mierlo-9781350418936","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}