{"product_id":"useless-joyce-tim-conley-9781487519957","title":"Useless Joyce: Textual Functions, Cultural Appropriations","description":"\u003cp\u003eTim Conley's \u003ci\u003eUseless Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e provocatively analyses Joyce's \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake \u003c\/i\u003eand takes the reader on a journey exploring the perennial question of the usefulness of literature and art. Conley argues that the works of James Joyce, often thought difficult and far from practical, are in fact polymorphous meditations on this question. Examinations of traditional textual functions such as quoting, editing, translating, and annotating texts are set against the ways in which texts may be assigned unexpected but thoroughly practical purposes. Conley's accessible and witty engagement with the material views the rise of explication and commentary on Joyce's work as an industry not unlike the rise of self-help publishing. We can therefore read \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e as various kinds of guides and uncover new or forgotten \"uses\" for them. \u003ci\u003eUseless Joyce \u003c\/i\u003einvites new discussions about the assumptions at work behind our definitions of literature, interpretation, and use. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Conley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487519958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487519957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Tim Conley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43943044972799,"sku":"9781487519957","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b05e1177-b067-4129-aaba-5b4ddc5f55cf.jpg?v=1681495898","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/useless-joyce-tim-conley-9781487519957","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}