Joyce and the Invention of Irish History: Finnegans Wake in Context (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521152709)

This incisive and original study of James Joyce's work explores Joyce's vivid fictional treatment of Irish historical writing, especially in Finnegans Wake. Linking Joyce's work to current historical criticism, recent Irish historiography and antiquarianism, and the Catholic providential history of Vico's New Science, Hofheinz shows how Joyce used historical sources to illuminate deep and prevalent human problems in the modern era of Ireland. The book raises questions central to Irish identity in cultural, social, familial, and psychological terms.

Author: Thomas C. Hofheinz
ISBN-10: 0521152704
ISBN-13: 9780521152709
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/05/2010
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d