{"product_id":"philosophical-allusions-in-james-joyces-robert-baines-9780198894049","title":"Philosophical Allusions in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake","description":"\u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Allusions in James Joyce's\u003c\/em\u003e Finnegans Wake is the first study to offer complete and comprehensive explanations of the most significant philosophical references in James Joyce's avant-garde masterpiece. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhilosophy is important in all of Joyce's works, but it is his final novel which most fully engages with that field. Robert Baines shows the broad range of philosophers Joyce wove into his last work, from Aristotle to Confucius, Bergson to Kant. For each major philosophical allusion in \u003cem\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/em\u003e, this book explains the original idea and reveals how Joyce first encountered it. Drawing upon extensive research into Joyce's notebooks and drafts, Baines then shows how Joyce developed and adapted that idea through repeated revisions. From here, the final form of the idea as it appears in the \u003cem\u003eWake\u003c\/em\u003e is explored. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn carefully examining the \u003cem\u003eWake\u003c\/em\u003e's key philosophical allusions, essential themes within the novel come into focus, including history, time, language, being, and perception. We see also how those allusions combine to create a network of ideas, thinkers, and texts which has a logic and an integrity. Ultimately, \u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Allusions in James Joyce's\u003c\/em\u003e Finnegans Wake shows that the more one knows of the \u003cem\u003eWake\u003c\/em\u003e's philosophical allusions, the more one can find meaning and reason in this famously perplexing book of the night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Baines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019889404X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198894049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.80d","brand":"Robert Baines","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44860070166783,"sku":"9780198894049","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d759f3f-ea43-4e3a-9900-25e90582a272.jpg?v=1709135330","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/philosophical-allusions-in-james-joyces-robert-baines-9780198894049","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}