Alchemy and Finnegans Wake - Couverture souple

DiBernard, Barbara

 
9780873954297: Alchemy and Finnegans Wake

Synopsis

In the first full-length study of Joyce's direct and indirect use of alchemical allusions, DiBernard shows how an awareness of the alchemical metaphor guides a reader through the richness of Finnegans Wake. For example, the alchemical transmutation of lead into gold parallels the transmutation of the dross and commotion of ordinary life into a work of art.

This study shows how the themes of Joyce's novel-death and rebirth, the conflict between physical and spiritual, incest, colors, forgery, and the reconciliation of opposites-relate to the alchemical process. The author then presents a theory, based on alchemical metaphor, on the much debated subject of Joyce's view of the artist.

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ISBN 10 :  0873953886 ISBN 13 :  9780873953887
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1980
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