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Joyce's Kaleidoscope

An Invitation to Finnegans Wake

By: Philip Kitcher

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Joyce's Kaleidoscope

An Invitation to Finnegans Wake

By: Philip Kitcher

James Joyce's Ulysses, once regarded as obscure and obscene, is now viewed as one of the masterpieces of world literature. Yet Joyce's final novel, Finnegans Wake, to which he devoted seventeen years, remains virtually unread, except by scholarly specialists. Its linguistic novelties, apparently based on an immense learning that few can share, make it appear impenetrable. Joyce's Kaleidoscope attempts to dissolve the darkness and to invite lovers of literature to engage with Finnegans Wake. Philip Kitcher proposes that the Wake has at its core an age-old philosophical question, "What makes a life worth living?", and that Joyce explores that question from the perspective of someone who feels that a long life is now ending. So the complex dream language is a way of investigating issues that are hard to face directly; the reader is invited to struggle with the novel's aging dreamer who seeks reassurance about the worth of what he has done and been. Joyce finds his way to reassurance. The sweeping music and the high comedy of Finnegans Wake celebrate the ordinary doings of ordinary people. With great humanity and a distinctive brand of humanism, Joyce points us to the things that matter in our lives. His final novel is a festival of life itself. From this perspective, the supposedly opaque, or nonsensical, language opens up as a rich source for the reader's reflections: though readers won't all approach it the same way, or with the same set of references, there is meaning in it for everyone. Kitcher's detailed study of the entire text brings out its musical resonances and its musical structures. It analyzes the novel overall while bringing deep insight to the reading of key individual passages. This engaging guide will aid readers not just to make sense of the novel, but to relish the remarkable accomplishment of Joyce's least appreciated work.

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329

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Oxford University Press

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ISBN 10

0199886504

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9780199886500

Marshall McLuhan

The Medium and the Messenger : a Biography

By: Philip Marchand

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Marshall McLuhan

The Medium and the Messenger : a Biography

By: Philip Marchand

A new look at the man who gave us ideas "the medium is the message" and "global village".

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348

Publisher

MIT Press

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ISBN 10

0262631865

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9780262631860

Fight the Good Fight

By: Philip Bedsworth,Joyce Bedsworth

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Fight the Good Fight

By: Philip Bedsworth,Joyce Bedsworth

Ultimately tells the story of anyone who has been forced to wrestle with chronic illness, with the sustaining power of God and the unfailing love of God's people"--back cover.

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132

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Herald Press (VA)

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ISBN 10

0836135687

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9780836135688

Creative Writer's Handbook

By: Philip K. Jason,Allan B. Lefcowitz

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Creative Writer's Handbook

By: Philip K. Jason,Allan B. Lefcowitz

This handbook is the perfect reference for beginning creative writers. It offers abundant illustrations, exercises, and useful techniques in all genres. While emphasizing problem-solving and the mastery of literary conventions, this handbook also takes the apprentice writer on a journey from inspiration to revision.Explores the work of ¿classic¿ modern as well as active contemporary writers through examples of effective stories, essays, poems and plays. An extensive look at fundamental creative writing issues includes attitudes, habits, journal-keeping, point of view, language, invention and research, and more.Appropriate for apprentice creative writers.

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434

Publisher

Prentice Hall

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ISBN 10

0131893718

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9780131893719

Equation for Evil

A Novel

By: Philip Caputo

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Equation for Evil

A Novel

By: Philip Caputo

On a quiet morning in California, a lone gunman opens fire on a busload of children headed for a field trip, then turns the gun on himself. Forensic psychiatrist Leander Heartwood and special agent Gabriel Chin team up to investigate the case, seeking at first only to solve this single disturbing crime but in time delving into issues of race, morality, and the complex forces at work in all horrifying acts of violence. Part mystery, part psychological thriller, part piercing social commentary, Equation for Evil is a riveting and incisive meditation on violence and the nature of evil.

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500

Publisher

Bourbon Street Books

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0060984112

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9780060984113

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