James Joyce and absolute music / Michelle Witen.
James Joyce and absolute music / Michelle Witen.
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Publisher
London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.
Call Numbers
G 2018/4178
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : Perceiving in Registers -- Toward a Modernist Condition of Absolute Music -- Joyce's Early Use of Music -- Joyce's Fuga per Canonem : A Case of Structure -- Joyce's Fuga per Canonem : A Case of Effect -- Voided Fugue in "Circe" -- "It's Pure Music" : Finnegans Wake -- Conclusion : "Co...
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Publisher
London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.
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Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
Drawing on draft manuscripts and other archival material, James Joyce and Absolute Music, explores Joyce's deep engagement with musical structure, and his participation in the growing modernist discourse surrounding 19th-century musical forms. Michelle Witen examines Joyce's claim of having structured the "Sirens" episode of his masterpiece, Ulysse...
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James Joyce and absolute music / Michelle Witen.
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General note
Historicizing modernism
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-289) and index.
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©2018
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Call Numbers
G 2018/4178
Record Identifier
74VKVAQeEqKZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVAQeEqKZ
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ISBN
9781350014220 (hardback)
1350014222 (hardback)
DDC
823.912
MMS ID
991024176983002626
