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OverviewThrough examining the work of W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett, Katherine Ebury shows cosmology had a considerable impact on modernist creative strategies, developing alternative reading models of difficult texts such as Finnegans Wake and 'The Trilogy'. Full Product DetailsAuthor: K. EburyPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 3.796kg ISBN: 9781137393746ISBN 10: 1137393742 Pages: 210 Publication Date: 25 July 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction: Cosmic Modernism 2. Yeatsian Cosmology 3. Joycean Cosmologies 4. Beyond the Rainbow: Spectroscopy in the Wake 5. The Beckettian Cosmos 6. Stars and Atoms in 'The Trilogy' Epilogue – International Modernism Bibliography IndexReviewsEbury's book offers excellent observations on the origins and functions of a vast number of astronomical references she traces in Yeats, Joyce and Beckett, and the author constructively brings together and builds on the large number of recent studies on the scientific reading of her subjects. ... Cosmology and Modernism offers an enticing roadmap for novelistic astropoetics that will surely generate further explorations of the field. (Florian Klager, Symbolism, October, 2016) Author InformationKatherine Ebury is a Lecturer in Modern Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her reviews and articles have appeared in Joyce Studies Annual, Journal of Modern Literature, Modernism/Modernity, James Joyce Quarterly and Journal of Literature and Science. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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