{"product_id":"language-as-prayer-in-finnegans-wake-hardback-9780813066370","title":"Language As Prayer in Finnegans Wake (Hardback) 9780813066370","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLanguage As Prayer in Finnegans Wake\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eColleen Jaurretche (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813066370\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 April 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e198 pages, 8 black \u0026amp; white illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis innovative analysis shows how James Joyce uses the language of prayer to grapple with profoundly human ideas in \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e—the dreamlike masterpiece that critics have called his \"book of the night.\" Colleen Jaurretche moves beyond what scholars know about \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e Joyce composed this work to suggest why he wrote and arranged it as he did.Jaurretche provides a sequential reading of the four chapters and corresponding themes of the \u003ci\u003eWake\u003c\/i\u003e from the perspective of prayer. She examines image, manifested by the letters of the alphabet and the Book of Kells; magic, which Joyce equates with the workings of language; dreams, which he relates to poetry; and speech, glorified in the \u003ci\u003eWake\u003c\/i\u003e for its potential to express emotions and ecstasy. Jaurretche also delves into writings about prayer by important thinkers from antiquity to the present, including Origen of Alexandria, Giambattista Vico, and Giordano Bruno. She demonstrates how these philosophers influenced Joyce's view that prayer can imbue language with power.This book is an illuminating and much-needed interpretation of a work that abounds with echoes and cadences of sacred language. Jaurretche's insights will guide readers' understanding of the style and structure of \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake.\u003c\/i\u003e A volume in the \u003cem\u003eFlorida James Joyce Series\u003c\/em\u003e, edited by Sebastian D. G. Knowles.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559265005848,"sku":"9780813066370","price":52.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/language-as-prayer-in-finnegans-wake-hardback-9780813066370","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}