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Greek and Hellenic Culture in Joyce
Contributor(s): Schork, R. J. (Author)
ISBN: 0813016096     ISBN-13: 9780813016092
Publisher: University Press of Florida
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Published: September 1998
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Annotation: Classical allusion in James Joyce's work is staggering -- despite the fact that he knew no ancient Greek and had only a minimal grasp of its modern form. This book by R. J. Schork comprehensively examines the essential contributions of Greek language, literature, history, and mythology to the structure and comic aspects of Joyce's fiction.

Like Schork's earlier companion book (the study of Roman culture and Joyce), this work contains the same attention to philological detail, literary nuance, and cross-referencing of sources. And again, the overriding critical emphasis is on the culture and language of ancient Hellas as an essential component of Joyce's genius.

Schork's double expertise -- classical and Joycean -- reveals new dimensions in the allusive archaeology of the texts, especially in the puzzling verbal strata of Finnegans Wake. Throughout, Schork keeps his focus on Joyce, writing in an uncomplicated, lively style, translating everything, giving the entire context of the allusions, taking nothing for granted in terms of classical background. And, finally, concluding that Joyce's manipulation of the classics in general and Greek in particular was primarily for comic and/or scatological purposes.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
- History | Ancient - Greece
Dewey: 823.912
LCCN: 98-20340
Lexile Measure: 1290
Series: Florida James Joyce (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6.36" W x 9.3" (1.48 lbs) 344 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Greece
- Cultural Region - Ireland
- Ethnic Orientation - Irish
 
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Publisher Description:

"Definitive. . . . This is the first comprehensive treatment of its subject; it is so thoroughly presented that competition is unlikely."--Mary T. Reynolds, author of Joyce and Dante

"A major contribution to the study of the incidence of Greek literary and cultural traditions in Joyce's works. . . . The almost axiomatic deference to Joyce's greatness and virtual infallibility is absent from this hard-nosed and eminently viable study."--Roy Arthur Swanson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee


Classical allusion in James Joyce's work is staggering--despite the fact that he knew no ancient Greek and had only a minimal grasp of its modern form. This book by R. J. Schork comprehensively examines the essential contributions of Greek language, literature, history, and mythology to the structure and comic aspects of Joyce's fiction.

Like Schork's earlier companion book (the study of Roman culture and Joyce), this work contains the same attention to philological detail, literary nuance, and cross-referencing of sources. And again, the overriding critical emphasis is on the culture and language of ancient Hellas as an essential component of Joyce's genius.

Schork's double expertise--classical and Joycean--reveals new dimensions in the allusive archaeology of the texts, especially in the puzzling verbal strata of Finnegans Wake. Throughout, Schork keeps his focus on Joyce, writing in an uncomplicated, lively style, translating everything, giving the entire context of the allusions, taking nothing for granted in terms of classical background. And, finally, concluding that Joyce's manipulation of the classics in general and Greek in particular was primarily for comic and/or scatological purposes.

R. J. Schork, professor emeritus of classics at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, is the author of more than 60 articles on ancient and modern literature. His recent books are Latin and Roman Culture in Joyce (UPF, 1997) and Sacred Song from the Byzantine Pulpit: Romanos the Melodist (UPF, 1995).